"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." Lewis Caroll A clear purpose, describing why your mentoring programme exists and what it aims to achieve, is critical for making the decision to run a mentoring programme and to make decisions about the design of the mentoring programme. However, for many different reasons and with good intentions, purpose statements are often … [Read more...] about Does Your Mentoring Programme Have a Clear Purpose? and Why Does It Matter?
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Maximizing Mentor Participation in Mentoring Programmes
Client Challenge: " We run a mentoring programme every year, and every year we struggle to get the mentors to attend our kick-off events and actually schedule (and stick to) mentoring appointments." The Message In general, mentoring programmes tend to focus on the mentee's learning. However, mentoring programmes should also focus on what the mentors can learn. In fact, both parties gain new … [Read more...] about Maximizing Mentor Participation in Mentoring Programmes
