Mentoring and Coaching

What Mentoring is all about?

The mentoring partnership is an
agreement between two people
sharing
experiences
and
expertise to help with personal
and professional growth.

Mentoring is ?
an unstructured association between an
experienced person and one less
experienced that assists the junior person in
extracting more value from experience
mentor - an experienced, thoughtful,
caring person who passes on lessons of
experience to someone less experienced

Why mentoring?
full opportunity to access the exciting
and fulfilling career spectrum available
more informed decisions
more confidence in decisions made
fewer catastrophic mistakes

FUNCTIONS OF A MENTOR

Coaching
Role modeling
Counseling
Friendship
Exposure and visibility

What Does the Mentor Get Out of

It?
Pass on successes
Practice interpersonal &
management skills
Become recognized
Expand their horizons

Mentor in the Corporate

World

It is a relationship where an experienced

person assists the junior level employees
to

become

potential

managers

of

tomorrow
The

mentor

also

facilitates

career

development by providing a vehicle for

accomplishing the development task

 An approach to management - how one carries

out the role of being a manager.

Is a set of skills for managing employee

performance to deliver results

Is a person to person technique takes place

informally

To develop individual knowledge, skills &

attitudes
Is a skill of facilitating the learning, the

development & performance of another

person

Aims as a Coach
A directive approach
Provide guidance on how to carry out
specific tasks towards learning
Help people become aware of how
well they are doing and what they
need to learn
Use whatever situations arise as
learning opportunities

The Coaching Sequence

Identify areas of knowledge, skills or capabilities
where learning needs to take place
Ensure that the person accepts the need to learn
Discuss with the person what needs to be learnt & the
best way to undertake learning
Get the person to manage their own learning
Provide encouragement & advice
Provide specific guidance when required
Agree how progress should be monitored & reviewed

Mentoring and Coaching Features & Differences

MENTOR

COACH

Relationship to
Learner

Private, Individual

Private or Public
Individual or Group

Relationship to
Learners
Manager

Line Manager
The line manager
cannot be the mentor can be the coach

Contact with
Learner

Intermittent,
medium to long
term.

Can be very short

term as well as
medium to long term

Mentoring and Coaching Features & Differences

MENTOR

COACH

Main
Agenda

Context within which

Learners work is done
i.e. help person plan &
decide the future

Content of work to
improve job
performance

Proximity

Need not always involve

face to face contact

Difficult to achieve
without face to face
contact.

Outcomes

Persons better prepared to Improved job

progress their own
performance
Development & Career