Mentoring Study Guide

0-619-14889-6 © 2003 Publish date: February 20, 2003 110 pages

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Course ID: mentoring-sg

The Mentoring study guide is a self-directed course from our series of business improvement and computer training books that will teach you how to start a mentoring program. You will learn the basics of mentoring along with the characteristics of a good mentor.

The Mentoring courseware will teach you what benefits you can expect out of a mentoring program along with steps to take in order to create, evaluate, and implement a mentoring program.

Five instructional units and course activities show you how to select mentors along with the people who will be mentored. You'll learn about the mentor's job, how to match mentors, ways of establishing strong relationships, and how to get the most out of mentoring. You will also learn how to choose a mentor, how to become an effective learner while you are being mentored, and how to set goals.

The portable nature of the Mentoring courseware means that you can study when and where you want. With a self-study course such as this one, you set your own hours and your own pace. This course, with its five units, lends itself well to a full day of dedicated studies. In addition, you can study a unit per day and complete the course in under a week.

Course Contents

Unit 1 introduces the basics of mentoring

• Ways of mentoring
• Roles and competencies
• Organizational strategies

Unit 2 discusses mentoring programs

• Understanding mentoring programs
• How to develop mentoring programs
• How to select participants

Unit 3 covers types of mentoring

• Mentoring dimensions
• Learning and mentoring styles

Unit 4 goes over effective mentoring

• Effective mentoring relationships
• Choosing and managing mentees
• Effective mentees

Unit 5 covers mentoring relationships

• How to build strong mentoring relationships
• Successful mentoring relationships
• How to end mentoring relationships