Upon completing this Mentoring Skills Course successfully, participants will be able to:

• Define mentoring and coaching correctly
• Plan and analyse the best practices for designing and administering a mentoring program
• Learn the benefits of mentoring for all parties concerned
• Explain the advantages of a mentoring program
• Understand how the role of a mentor differs from that of a coach or counsellor
• Demonstrate the use of appropriate language in mentoring
• Consider different approaches when mentoring
• Review the mentor’s and mentee’s responsibilities
• Suggest troubleshooting strategies to address common problems
• Prepare participants to function as mentors to others in the organisation
• Learn or revisit and practise a coaching model
• Understand the importance of confidentiality in a mentoring relationship

This collaborative Mentoring Skills Course training program will comprise the following training methods: Lectures, Seminars & Presentations, Group Discussions, Assignments, Role-playing Exercises, Case Studies & Functional Exercises. Like all our training programs, this course also follows the ‘Do-Review-Learn-Apply’ model.

Companies who nominate their employees to participate in this Mentoring Skills Course can benefit in the following ways:

• Understand why, how, and when to apply coaching in a workplace setting
• Train your workforce about coaching and mentoring within companies, and the steps that are required for these efforts to be successful
• Integrate your own practical requirements within the program to share personal insights, encourage participants to explore and discuss the content provided
• Relate the content to the participants’ current roles and provide a safe space for them to learn

Individuals who participate in this Mentoring Skills Course can gain from it in the following ways:

• Learn how to prepare a schedule for formal mentoring meetings
• Ask questions to establish your growth and development plan
• Hold check-in conversations with your mentor/mentee
• Troubleshoot common problems in the relationship between a mentor and a mentee and determine the best approaches to overcoming such obstacles