In today’s session we will:

• Learn how to build a successful, trusting, and rewarding mentoring partnership.
• Demonstrate the necessity of trust in the mentoring partnership.
• Define the rules for effective and successful mentoring.
• Define the criteria for becoming a mentor or protégé.
• Discover protégé learning preferences.
• Discover mentor mentoring preferences.

In-class exercise:

Blindfold/Trust.

Handout and In-class exercise:

PROTÉGÉ - Participating as a Mentor or Protégé – Protégé’s Module and Learning Preferences - discover your most effective learning preference and discuss with your mentor.

MENTOR - Participating as a Mentor or Protégé – Mentor’s Modules and Learning Preferences - discover your mentoring preference and discuss with your protégé.

HOMEWORK: Mentor/Protégé responsibilities:

Repeat trust exercise with mentor leading protégé and protégé leading mentor. Principles of Adult Mentoring Inventory. Take mentoring inventory and review results with protégé. One informal meeting between mentor and protégé. Prepare to discuss what you expect to gain from the partnership. What do you expect from yourself as a mentor or protégé and what do you expect from each other?

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In today’s session we will:

• Demonstrate the need to establish goal areas.
• Establish and correctly write work-related goals and objectives.
• Discuss the mentor’s roles when advising the protégé.

Handout:

Elements of a learning plan. Discuss the elements of a learning plan. Encourage protégés to complete a learning plan before meeting to establish goals. The objective of the learning plan is to give the mentor a detailed profile of the protégé. This will help the mentor develop an accurate and direct course to he achievement of stated goals.

HOMEWORK: Mentor/Protégé responsibilities:

Meeting between mentor and protégé to discuss the learning plan and set goals and objectives. Complete a mentoring agreement.

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In today’s session we will:

• Encourage setting goals for excellent performance.
• Review Goals and Objectives.
• Discuss the abilities and resources required to achieve goals.
• Propose ideas and clarify approaches to attain career, training, and educational objectives.
• Discuss emotional intelligence in the mentoring relationship.

In-class exercise:

Peak Performance:

• Review goals and objectives with peers – make suggestions, comments and formalize.
• Review goals and objectives with your mentor or protégé - make suggestions, comments, formalize, and agree.
• Review goals and objectives with mentors/protégés and managers (if he/she is not the mentor already).
• Revise goals and objectives – per comments.

HOMEWORK: Mentor/Protégé responsibilities:

Meeting between mentor and protégé to discuss revised goals and objectives.

In today’s session we will:

• Discuss the importance of establishing a contract and timeline for the achievement of goals.
• Sharpen communication techniques and skills.
• Learn techniques for building a team.
• Sharpen your team’s goal setting, motivation and performance.
• Recognize and understand the power of communication.
• Recognize and understand the power of listening.

In-class exercise:

Lego Exercise.

HOMEWORK: Mentor/Protégé responsibilities:

Meet to discuss and establish contract and timelines between protégé, mentor and manager - if manager is not the mentor.

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In today’s session we will:

• Explain the elements needed for constructive criticism.
• Describe the components that make up the structure of constructive feedback.
• Learn how to give and receive constructive feedback.
• Discuss the role of the mentor as a communicator and listener.
• Learn how to secure the benefits of constructive criticism.

In-class exercise:

Role Reversal.

HOMEWORK: Mentor/Protégé responsibilities:

Meet to discuss progress of goals toward timeline.

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In today’s session we will:

• Review the definition of mentoring.
• Evaluate the mentor/train your replacement program.
• Discuss further responsibilities of the mentor/protégé.

In-class exercise:

Fishbowl.

Handout:

Complete program evaluation form to obtain feedback on the program.

Mentor/Protégé responsibilities:

Continue progress of goals and objectives toward timeline. As the official mentoring relationship comes to a close, mentor and protégé should review and reflect on what the protégé has achieved – and still plans to achieve on his/her own.