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Being an Effective Mentor

2012-02-07T13:08:11Z

Guide to Business Mentoring

Great mentors are motivated and have exceptional mentoring relationships.

Anyone can be a mentor and yet there are specific qualities that make mentors exceptional:

Reliability – A great mentor is trustworthy, consistent, and dependable. The mentee should be able to count on the mentor to show up when agreed, be prepared for the session, and have the mentee’s best interest in mind.

Persistence – A great mentor is persistent. In most cases the mentor must be willing to commit to mentoring for a length of time in order to support the mentee in achieving results. Especially when working with young people, a successful mentor does not give up easily but instead keeps persistent focus on what the mentee wants to achieve.

Make A Difference! Become A Qualified Mentor!

2011-01-24T00:00:00Z

Mentor Me! Mentor You!

Mentoring has become a real buzzword, making its way onto popular TV programmes such as the X-factor. The hopeful acts are mentored by one of the judges to win the X-factor crown. It is through mentoring that an individual can realise their true potential.There are many different approaches to mentoring, find out which style is best suited for you and your mentee.

Mentors Are Crying Out For Help

2010-10-05T12:29:28Z

Research shows that mentors are crying out for help

Organizations providing mentoring will be very interested in research from The Prince’s Trust and London Youth showing that mentors are crying out for the opportunity for ongoing connection with their colleagues for support, encouragement and to share best practise.

They also wanted additional mentoring skills training to help them overcome challenges motivating mentees to achieve their goals.

Mentor me, Mentor you

2010-08-23T09:05:35Z

Mentor Me, Mentor You

The ILM Graduate Mentors (Summer 2010)

We want to congratulate our first graduates from the Mentor You, Mentor Me programme. This group of 7 dedicated young men and women aged 18 to 25 worked hard since January and have now gained the ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) Level 2 qualification Mentoring For Young Learners.

Who are they?

Our graduate mentors heard about the Mentor Me, Mentor You programme through our partner London Youth via their vibrant network of young people. They all came to the training from different backgrounds and with different experience. The majority of them had full time jobs either working in children’s charities or youth related organisations and one person worked for a bank in the City.

Mentor Others

2010-04-12T11:46:16Z

The top line answer is that we’re all both. Equally when we dig down into what we take and what we give, it can be curious to explore how strategic we are with our time and our growth.

Mentoring can be a very rewarding way to both give and take. As a mentor we get to reflect on our skills and knowledge and see them through the eyes of our mentee, whilst at the same time giving tangible support to someone who can benefit from our factual knowledge and experiential wisdom.