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Mentoring 
 Future Leaders

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

Reasons Why <strong>Mentoring</strong> Programmes Might<br />

Fail<br />

• Poor planning, preparation and follow<br />

through.<br />

• Punting mentoring is the answer to every<br />

development need.<br />

• Role conflict, especially between line<br />

manager and mentor.<br />

• Failure to set and measure outcomes.<br />

• Too much paper work and other formalities.<br />

• Hesitance to confront, or give and receive honest feedback.<br />

• Earmarking mentoring just for high-flyers – this is regarded as “elitist”.<br />

• Being problem-focused instead of development-focused.<br />

• Unrealistic expectations – “a free ticket to the top”.<br />

• Time constraints as a result of changed priorities.<br />

• Unhealthy protégé dependency.<br />

• Problems with “significant others” or colleagues who become jealous<br />

or feel left out.<br />

Read through the above.<br />

Which problems do you anticipate and how can you prevent them?<br />

Exercise:<br />

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

April 2005<br />

A Vision of Myself as a Mentor<br />

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

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