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Mentoring Skills


Overview:
Explore the specific roles, critical skills and key principles that support a successful mentoring experience. Discover strategies for developing an effective learning partnership and learn how to write a mentoring contract, conclude a relationship and avoid problems that can destroy the partnership.
Who Should Attend?
Current or aspiring mentors or anyone who is interested in establishing a mentoring program.
Learning Outcomes:
  • Assess your mentoring skills and developmental needs
  • Establish a mentoring program or enhance the current program
  • Identify key principles and understand how to develop skills that support successful mentoring experiences
  • Outline:
    Syllabus -- Mentoring Skills, MGMT7006D, Grad. School, USDA

    Day one

    • Introduction
      • Icebreaker
      • What is mentoring?
    • Characteristics of mentors
      • Supportive
      • Offers career guidance
      • Role model
    • Characteristics of mentees
      • Willing to learn
      • Positive attitude
      • Take risks
    • Self-assessment
      • Take Principles of Adult Mentoring Inventory
      • Discuss ratings in six categories
    • Types of Mentoring
      • Traditional
      • Formal and planned
      • Informal
      • Self-mentoring
      • Benefits of mentoring
    • Mentoring Process
      • Evaluate characteristics of mentor
      • Identify mentee
      • Establish guidelines/develop agreements
      • Perform responsibilities
      • Evaluate relationship
      • End relationship (if appropriate)
    • Mentor skill building
      • Engaged listening
      • Giving feedback and exercise
      • Counseling
    • Overcoming Obstacles
      • Mentor and mentee clash
      • Mentor plays authoritarian role
      • Supervisor as mentor


    Course Details
    CODE:  MGMT7006D
    TYPE:  Classroom-Day
    LENGTH:  1 Day(s)
    CREDIT:  .6 CEU
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