Mentoring Future Leaders

Mentoring Future Leaders
Style
• Will the sessions be formal or informal?
• Does the learner need a directive or a non-directive?
• What about your own style or approach? Do you “tell” or interpret
strongly, or are you naturally more facilitative?
• How much responsibility or initiative will the coachee take?
• What are your responsibilities in the process?
Learning
• Familiarise yourself with the adult learning principles.
• What are your protégé’s learning preferences?
• How long is it since he/she has done any systematic learning?
• Talk to them explicitly about their past learning experiences,
preferences and style.
Support
Mentors should expect to learn from the experience themselves.
• Who mentors you? Identify at least one other person to whom you
can turn for advice.
• Network. Get to know other mentors and talk to them – either about
past experience, or to share ideas about the current situation.
• Find out if there are set procedures or arrangements.
• If you are working within a set programme, talk to someone who has
been mentored on the programme. What was their experience, and
what did they need?
• Keep a note of problems, queries or questions that you need to deal
with.
© Learning Link International
April 2005
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