ENABLING

Enabling Individuals, Leaders or Managers to adopt a mentoring leadership style and/or to engage in a formal mentoring process.

INSPIRATION

I believe in an open-door policy and I welcomed my staff to come to me with their questions. The mistake that I made though, was that I answered those questions. To my disgrace I learnt that people came to me with their questions mostly for two reasons; they either needed a sounding board or validation of their ideas.

“The delicate balance of mentoring someone isn’t creating them in your image but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.” Steven Spielberg

MOTIVATION

I believe that we are wasting our most powerful resource in business. We are not tapping into the full extent of the intelligence and thinking of the individual in the workplace. As a seasoned CEO and as your facilitator, I will provide a safe space where you will be encouraged and learn how to be an effective mentor and role model. We will practically apply the learnings enabling you to adopt a mentoring leadership style, which in turn will cascade down to your team members.

COURSE CONTENT AND OUTCOMES

The aim of the workshop will be to cover the essential elements of mentoring, enabling you to engage in a formal mentoring process and/or adopt a mentoring leadership style.

The course content will cover the following:

Differentiating between mentoring & coaching.
The qualities & role of the mentor.
Essential mentoring and coaching skills.
Effective questioning techniques.
Active listening skills & how to give feedback.
Adult learning cycles.
Structuring a mentoring conversation with The GROW model.
Practical application of the GROW model.

Adopting a mentoring leadership style will encourage and invite new ideas and perspectives and in turn improve the performance of both the individual and the team. True empowerment of the individual will lead to a competent, motivated and engaged workforce. In addition, succession planning will be effectively addressed as well as improved communication channels. Lastly, you will be equipped with a means to fast-track your star performers.