At KMP+ House of Mentoring we define mentoring as a mutual learning process, where both mentor and mentee learn through their collaboration. A successful learning partnership requires the right match between mentor and mentee. The good question is, how do you define the right match and the right matching criteria for your mentoring programme? Chemistry and trust "A right match is a match where … [Read more...] about 5 tips to match mentors and mentees
Why mentee’s direct manager should actively engage in the mentoring programme
A mentor is someone with whom the mentee can have a confidential conversation about career aspirations, challenges and dreams and about planning the next steps in mentee's career development. Therefore, mentor should not be mentees direct manager or any other in a direct line of authority. However, the direct manager is one of mentee's most important stakeholders in the organisation and should … [Read more...] about Why mentee’s direct manager should actively engage in the mentoring programme
Why and how mentors also learn from a mentoring relationship
Mentoring programmes are implemented to improve learning on the job, to support the development of female executives, to integrate ethnic groups, to support newly appointed leaders, to develop project managers, to introduce new employees to the job and the company culture, etc. However, in most programmes the focus is on developing the mentee! Sure, that is the original meaning of the word: that a … [Read more...] about Why and how mentors also learn from a mentoring relationship
Are you taking ownership of your career? Benefits of having a mentor through career transitions
The concept of careers has changed with the changing focus in the work place. The meaning of career has changed from being an objective, externally defined concept to a subjective, internally defined concept. In the knowledge-based economy we are now talking about intelligent careers and boundaryless careers. Technology and knowledge are changing so fast that there can be no guarantee of a … [Read more...] about Are you taking ownership of your career? Benefits of having a mentor through career transitions
