Mentoring Future Leaders

Mentoring Future Leaders
Appendix C: Mentoring Skills Self
Assessment
Use the following instrument to determine your current skills as a mentor as
well as your development needs. Tick (!) how often you display the
described behaviour, by using the scale below.
4
SCORING KEY: Seldom
= 1 Sometimes
= 2 More often than not = 3 Almost always
= 4
BEHAVIOUR 1 2 3
1. I get mentees to talk openly about all aspects of their life
experiences – whether their feelings are positive or
negative.
2. Books and journal articles can provide valuable learning
material. I encourage mentees to think about and discuss
what they read.
3.I suggest to those who experience psychological problems
that they seek professional help.
4. When someone at work is upset, I try to find the right
words to comfort him/her.
5. When people’s arguments are illogical, I point these out
and help the person to examine his or her thinking.
6. I get people to see their own and someone else’s side of
a situation.
7. In getting people to talk openly about the balance
between their work and personal lives, I share my own
difficulties.
8. When I believe that others base assumptions or make
decisions on incorrect information, I point this out to
them.
9. I help people to set goals and develop practical action
plans to ensure they achieve them.
10.If I have learned from experience that a proposed course
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 likely to fail, I readily Module share 2 - Focus that experience.
on Mentors and
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