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

© Learning Link International<strong>
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April 2005<br />

Module 4: <strong>
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<strong>Mentoring</strong> Skills<br />

Learning Outcomes<br />

By the end of the module you will:<br />

Be able to apply the following mentoring communication skills:<br />

• Active listening.<br />

• Giving feedback.<br />

• Giving and receiving information, guidelines and suggestions.<br />

• Asking questions.<br />

• Paraphrasing, testing and showing empathy and understanding.<br />

• Analysing, interpreting and exploring alternatives.<br />

• Advising and evaluating.<br />

• “Telling” and instructing<br />

• Summarising, reinforcing and reassuring.<br />

• Using silence effectively<br />

• Structuring and termination.<br />

Your mentoring skills will be consistent with the guidelines and principles:<br />

• Appropriate to the situation (time and place).<br />

• Relevant to the issues at hand.<br />

• Suitable to the needs of a mentee.<br />

• Conducive to an open climate of appropriate sharing, debating <strong>
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and supporting.<br />

Try this for a challenge:<br />

• Adjust and apply your mentoring skills to cater for<br />

• Culturally diverse individuals.<br />

• So-called “difficult” individuals.<br />

• Create “Personal Reflective Space”<br />

Module 4 - <strong>Mentoring</strong> Skills Page ! 1

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