External Mentor Programmes
When designing a mentoring programme for your senior audience one of the main challenges can often be sourcing the right mentors.
There are two main issues:
1. the pyramid effect – where there are just not enough potential mentors at the top with the experience gap to offer to your mentees
2. your senior mentors can never offer the truly off-line space that mentees need as they are too close to the performance and promotion decisions of these individuals
This is where creating a mentoring programme that harnesses the power of external mentors can be the solution. External mentors can still offer the depth of learning and experience that they have gained through their business careers whilst also ensuring that the mentee has the safe and confidential space to explore their personal ambitions.
A mentoring programme with external mentors can also allow mentees to potentially have more choice in the process of mentor selection, which is well recognized in ensuring a stronger commitment to the process.
Please get in touch to discuss how we can support you with your external mentoring programme design:
Jacki Mason jacki@coachmentoring.co.uk
There are two main issues:
1. the pyramid effect – where there are just not enough potential mentors at the top with the experience gap to offer to your mentees
2. your senior mentors can never offer the truly off-line space that mentees need as they are too close to the performance and promotion decisions of these individuals
This is where creating a mentoring programme that harnesses the power of external mentors can be the solution. External mentors can still offer the depth of learning and experience that they have gained through their business careers whilst also ensuring that the mentee has the safe and confidential space to explore their personal ambitions.
A mentoring programme with external mentors can also allow mentees to potentially have more choice in the process of mentor selection, which is well recognized in ensuring a stronger commitment to the process.
Please get in touch to discuss how we can support you with your external mentoring programme design:
Jacki Mason jacki@coachmentoring.co.uk