Mentoring Future Leaders

Mentoring Future Leaders
© Learning Link International
March 2005
Introduction
The quality of mentoring is largely dependent on the quality of the
relationship between the mentor and the mentee, as well as the quality of
the mentor’s mentoring skills. Although mentors are not counsellors, they
use counselling skills such as listening, probing and reflecting.
By not only knowing about mentoring
skills, but mastering the skills through
practising them, you will enlarge your
repertoire of mentoring
communication skills, to be able to
use the appropriate skill at the right
moment in the mentoring process. You
might be more comfortable with some
skills than with others. Will you please
be so kind to move into a coaching
role and assist others who are not yet
competent in those particular skills? In
this way you’ll all get the full benefit of
each other’s knowledge, experience
and understanding.
Module 3 - Building Trusting
Relationships
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