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Mentoring 
 Future Leaders

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<strong>Mentoring</strong> <strong>Future</strong> <strong>Leaders</strong><br />

© Learning Link International<strong>
</strong><br />

April 2005<br />

Traditional Versus <strong>
</strong><br />

<strong>Mentoring</strong>-Based<br />

Organisations<br />

Waar pas die Kerk in?<br />

Traditional<br />

Organisatio<br />

ns<br />

Hierarchical Decentralised<br />

Top-down management Empowered staff<br />

Command-and-control Collaborative<br />

Rigid and inflexible Innovative<br />

Learning is stifled Learning is encouraged<br />

Risk-averse Entrepreneurial<br />

<strong>Mentoring</strong>-<strong>
</strong><br />

based<br />

Organisations<br />

Annual performance appraisals Ongoing performance assessments<br />

Training via courses Development via coaching & mentoring<br />

Resists change Responds quickly to change<br />

Little loyalty in staff Committed and loyal staff<br />

Loses best people Attracts and keeps quality people<br />

(Source: Bolt, 2000, p.9)<br />

Tick (√) the items that reflect your organisation. Is the soil fertile for<br />

coaching/mentoring? Why? Why not? How can you “fertilise” it?<br />

Module 1 - Introduction to <strong>Mentoring</strong> Page ! 1

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