Impactful Mentoring: How To Mentor Effectively

Build your skills and confidence as a mentor. Be the best mentor you can be and help your mentee reach their goals!

What you'll learn

Learn mentorship strategies to motivate and develop mentees

Overcome common challenges in mentoring relationships

Set clear mentoring goals

Build a strong mentoring relationship with your mentee

Maximize your impact by using many different mentoring styles

Requirements

No mentoring experience needed. Whether you're new to mentoring or a seasoned mentor, these tools and tips will help you level up your mentoring skills.

Description

Want to make a lasting impact through mentorship? Gain the skills, tools, and confidence to become a mentor who inspires real change. Through engaging video lessons, you’ll: learn mentorship strategies used by mentoring experts to motivate and develop menteesunderstand the styles of mentorship to help your mentee succeedfollow step-by-step guides to set clear goals, give actionable feedback, and foster an open environment for learningbuild confidence as a mentorovercome 5 common challenges mentors facebe able to mentor in person or virtuallyPlus, you'll get guides, templates, and resources to use with your mentee!Our mentoring experts have built award-winning mentoring programs for global Fortune 500 companies and know what it takes to mentor effectively. Learn their tips and tricks to be a successful mentor, whoever you are.Whether you want to mentor colleagues at work or help students achieve their dreams, this course provides a proven framework for empowering mentees to reach their full potential. From building a successful foundation in your first meetings to maintaining momentum and concluding strong, we'll walk you through every stage of your mentorship journey.Become the mentor you always wished you had! Make mentoring a game changer with a course designed to help you bring out the best in others through an impactful online mentoring experience.We'll help answer your questions, like:What is mentoring and how does it differ from coaching?What are the qualities or characteristics of a good mentor?How do I establish a successful mentor-mentee relationship?What are some common challenges in mentorship and how can they be overcome?What are some mentoring techniques or strategies that have proven to be effective?What are you waiting for? Let's go!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome, mentors!

Lecture 2 Why are you here?

Lecture 3 What do you have to offer?

Lecture 4 Are you ready to be a mentor?

Section 2: Mentoring 101

Lecture 5 What is mentoring and how does it differ from coaching and sponsoring?

Section 3: Five Styles of Mentoring

Lecture 6 The 5 styles of mentoring

Lecture 7 Teaching mentor

Lecture 8 Connecting mentor

Lecture 9 Ideating mentor

Lecture 10 Challenging mentor

Lecture 11 Cheerleading mentor

Lecture 12 Which style will you add to your mentoring toolbox?

Section 4: Qualities of a Great Mentor

Lecture 13 4 building blocks of mentoring

Lecture 14 Demonstrate commitment

Lecture 15 Challenge them to grow

Lecture 16 Encourage & empower

Lecture 17 Expand their network

Lecture 18 Let's Watch Emma and Noah interact in their first mentoring meeting

Section 5: Characteristics of Ineffective Mentors

Lecture 19 5 Characteristics of ineffective mentors

Section 6: Essential Skills for Mentors

Lecture 20 Essential mentor skills

Lecture 21 Building trust

Lecture 22 Listening to understand

Lecture 23 Providing feedback to grow

Lecture 24 Building confidence

Section 7: Building Your Mentoring Relationship

Lecture 25 Finding a mentee

Lecture 26 RESOURCE: Your first meeting agenda

Lecture 27 Building rapport

Lecture 28 Discuss expectations

Lecture 29 Establish boundaries

Lecture 30 Confidentiality

Lecture 31 Setting effective goals

Lecture 32 Create the Mentoring Agreement

Section 8: Maintaining Momentum

Lecture 33 Tracking progress

Lecture 34 Sticking to goals

Lecture 35 Overcoming common challenges

Lecture 36 Tips for maintaining momentum

Section 9: Concluding Strong

Lecture 37 Ending your mentoring relationship

Lecture 38 Reflecting on your experience

Lecture 39 Moving forward

Section 10: Additional Content

Lecture 40 Master the art of asking questions

Lecture 41 Soliciting feedback for your own development

Leaders who want to help their employees develop,Functional experts who want to help others learn about their function or build specific skills,Experienced professionals who want to make a positive impact on others earlier in their careers,Students or graduates who want to help other students succeed,This course is not for those