Topic 1

What is Mentoring & Why it Matters

• What Mentors do
• The enabling Mentor
• Mentoring today
• What does mentoring look like?
• The power of relationships in our lives
• Mentors care beyond the work
• A mentor goes above and beyond
• Part summary

Topic 2

Navigating the Mentoring Relationship

• Effective mentoring tools
• Shifting context
• Active listening
• Naming feelings
• Listening for motivation
• Constructive confrontation
• Information that has positive impact
• Giving permission
• Being genuinely curious
• Part summary

Topic 3

Creating a Mentoring Relationship

• Stages of development
• Where to begin
• The Mentoring Match
• Determining Mentee expectations
• Developing a partnership
• Guiding principles
• Creating a Mentor/Mentee Agreement
• Two-Way Mentoring / Reverse Mentoring
• Part summary

Topic 4

Fine Tuning & Transitioning the Mentoring Relationship

• Fine Tuning and transitioning
• Potential pitfall one: giving criticism
• Potential pitfall two: giving advice
• Potential Pitfall three: trying to rescue
• Transitioning the relationship
• Part summary

Topic 5

Maintaining a Mentoring Relationship

• Adopting a change attitude
• Managing change
• Coping mechanisms
• Mirroring
• Validation
• It’s rarely black or white
• Progressive adaptation
• Part summary

Topic 6

Conclusion

• Course review
• Planning engagement with the mentees
• Post course assessment if required