Mentoring Mindset, Skills and Tools: Make it easy for mentors and mentees

by Ann Rolfe

Overview

Everything you need to know and do to make mentoring work!

Mentoring Mindset, Skills and Tools is written for both for mentors and mentees, so you can literally be on the same page. It is based on decades of experience and explains the essential ingredients of mentoring conversations and relationships that work.

In this book you'll discover:

- What mentoring is and isn't and the differences between mentoring and coaching

- Mentor and mentee roles and responsibilities

- A framework for the mentoring process

- How to start, maintain and end and effective mentoring relationship

- What to do to build trust and rapport

- Ways to lead learning and strengths-based development

- Practical tips, guides, activities and templates

The proven techniques have been used in mentoring for professionals, graduates and students in health, construction, energy, communications, education, law and government.

Author, Ann Rolfe has spoken international conferences in Australia, Canada, China, The Philippines, Singapore and USA. Her regular webinars attract participants from around the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780980356458
Publisher:	Mentoring Works
Publication date:	07/30/2020
Edition description:	4th Mentoring Mindset, Skills and Tools ed.
Pages:	252
Sales rank:	715,625
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Australia's most published author on mentoring, Ann Rolfe has over thirty years' experience in learning and development and a background in career counselling. She has specialised in mentoring since 1994, setting up programs and training mentors and mentees. Her contributions to mentoring have been recognised with the 2011 LearnX Asia Pacific Platinum Award for Best Coaching/Mentoring Training Program and in 2013, the New South Wales Juvenile Justice Excellence Award for Innovation. Internationally respected as a consultant and presenter, her training programs and mentoring materials are used in many countries. Ann has spoken at national and international conferences in Australia, Canada, China, Singapore, The Philippines and USA. Her regular webinars attract online participants from around the world.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Part I Mentoring Defined

1. Why Be or Have a Mentor

2. Mentoring Defined

3. Mentoring Roles and Responsibilities

4. Mentoring and Learning

Part II The Mentoring Process

5. A Mentoring Conversation

6. Be Slow to Offer Advice

7. Discovering Values

8. On Goals

Part III Mentoring Mindset

9. Mentoring Mindset

10. Strengths-based Development

11. Communication Styles for Mentoring

Part IV Skills

12. Build Trust

13. Listen Well

14. The Art of Questioning

15. Giving and Receiving Feedback

Part V Mentoring Tools and Guides

Quick Tips for Managing Mentoring

A Step-by-step Guide

A Mentoring Plan

Structure the Mentoring Meeting

Pre/Post Meeting Checklist

A Guide to Roles and Responsibilities

The Mentoring Code

Activity: Expectations

Template: Mentoring Agreement

Activity: Dartboard

Activity: The Clock

Activity: Values Discovery

Guide to Setting and Achieving Goals

Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Ten Things to do With a Mentor

What to Talk About When There's Nothing to Talk About

Sample Questions

Evaluate Your Mentoring Relationship

Where to From Here?

Notes (References)

About the Autor