NOTES: Ten Tips for Effective Mentoring Programs with Paul Signorelli
Posted by on April 25, 2011
These are my notes from the webinar Ten Tips for Effective Mentoring Programs with Paul Signorelli (resource list / slides), from April 21, 2011. #mentorapr11
- New book: Workplace Learning & Leadership by Lori Reed & Paul Signorelli
- If you don’t set up goals up front, you’re setting yourself up for failure.
- Mentoring is essential to organizations.
- Mentorship programs help staff develop leadership skills, could be a line item in a strategic plan.
- Mentoring is not heirarchical, doesn’t follow the organizational structure.
- A mentor needs to be part of community-building exercises within the organization.
- For a program to be successful, it needs a leader.
- Leaders don’t need to have leadership titles.
- Asking questions shows initiative.
- Shouldn’t be a problem to have a mentor younger than you.
- Open doors equal open ideas.
- Put yourself out there if you want to be a mentor, don’t wait for people to come to you to ask you to get involved.
- A mentor won’t fault you for failing.
- Learning does not happen in a classroom; it happens when people get out and do something.
- Mentoring needs to be more than warm, fuzzy conversations.
Thanks a million for attending the session and sharing the resource sheet. Hope you won’t hesitate to contact me (paul@paulsignorelli.com) if you have any unanswered questions about setting up and managing an effective mentor session. Best of luck with your own efforts.