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Managers today are working increasingly longer hours and, as a consequence, have less time for personal reflection; either on work or personal-related issues. Hence, an increasing number are realising the benefits of having someone who they spend time with to discuss issues and to benefit from experienced, specialist advice and guidance.
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Mentors are not consultants employed to resolve specific issues, nor are they coaches whose role is to encourage their client to set and achieve personal goals. A mentor will act as a sounding board for their mentee and will work alongside him or her to encourage career and personal development. The mentors role is to support and develop; to stimulate and challenge.
Having a mentor can help people who hold a leadership position develop their leadership skills for their own benefit, as well as for their teams and, hence, their organisation. Many people have found that the guidance they have received from a mentor has given them greater confidence in their jobs which has made a significant impact on their career prospects.
Megginson and Clutterbuck 1995
Off-line in this definition refers to a relationship that is not with ones line manager. Having someone outside ones chain of command is seen as being potentially more beneficial, as it reduces the risk of conflict and lack of open discussion.
A mentor : mentee relationship should be seen as an on-going, medium-to-long term arrangement if it is to be of real benefit. It takes time for each party to get to know the other and, in particular, for the mentee to gain the necessary confidence to enter open, often personal, discussions.
Confidentiality is the bedrock of a productive relationship, with the mentor responding to the direction set by the mentee. Indeed, the junior partner should be encouraged and empowered to take increasing responsibility for the pace and direction the continuing discussions take, although the mentor should also challenge and coax the mentee to identify problem areas.
An open, positive mentoring relationship offers many potential benefits, including:
- addressing and resolving specific situations associated with the mentees role
- building more constructive relationships within the workplace
- clarifying and prioritising work and personal choices
- gaining greater confidence and a feeling of self-worth
- improved career development potential
- developing better leadership skills founded upon greater confidence in the authority that accompanies a leaders role
It is obvious that if a mentoring relationship is to bear fruit, the mentee must be, or become, totally at ease with the advisor. There must be a chemistry between them whereby the mentee has total confidence in the mentor; whilst the mentor feels able to advise, direct, challenge and, if need be, constructively criticise the junior partner in the relationship. The ideal mentor should:
- have appropriate background knowledge - this may not necessarily be sector-specific, but must include a good level of managerial and leadership experience
- be able to build rapport and develop relationships, based upon mutual respect
- have a record of developing and motivating others
- be enthusiastic and interested in the mentees role
- be a good communicator; not least a good listener
- not be directly related to the mentees current position or chain of command.
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Most mentoring relationships include regular, timetabled meetings, ideally away from the mentees direct work environment. The initial meeting(s) are used to share personal information; address any concerns about the forthcoming relationship; and identify priorities and expectations held by both parties. Subsequent meetings, possibly held every month or so, will become more focussed upon specific issues as levels of confidence are built.
Being a very personal role, the first step is a telephone discussion to establish personalities click not clash. Find out about backgrounds, experiences, skills and interests
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