Coaching and mentoring

“Then said a teacher, speak to us of teaching.

And he said:

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness.

If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.”

• Kahlil Gibran

We begin the Coaching and mentoring Course  by identifying what coaching and mentoring is and we look at the differences between them. When one coaches someone, you are normally teaching them a specific skill, with the less formal mentoring, we find a more generalized assistance and the areas targeted will be more general, such as meetings and networking for instance.

Next we introduce and explain to participants the G. R. O. W. method which we will summarize here, GROW is Goal setting, Reality checking, Options developed and Wrapping things up. The method is simple yet powerful and it puts you and your employee at ease enabling the process to be more valuable and rewarding.

In the Coaching and mentoring Course, we move on to goal setting within the context of the GROW method, ensuring that both coach and student set attainable goals which are clearly defined. We discuss identifying goal areas for mentors in this module as well. Following on to goal setting we refresh our toolkit by looking at the SMART method taught in soft skills.

The next step in the Coaching and mentoring Course is to discuss is obstacles, we teach participants the IRA steps to identify obstacles, in a nutshell they are: Identifying the obstacle, Rooting out the cause and giving an Antidote to the problem. At this point coaches might want to explore their employee’s past productivity in the position they are coaching them in at present. It helps to take a look back to show the employee where things have improved and where there is still room for improvement.

Identifying the path you wish to lead your student in is very important for a coach or mentor and we will help participants identify their own paths, and help them to develop their options and choose their approach.

TIP: Both coaching and mentoring someone is very much a milestone based concept. The 3T questioning technique helps you to overcome three major milestones. You simply ask yourself where you want to be – Tomorrow, Two weeks from today and Thirty days from today. You may need to guide your employee when answering the first question.

Now we are ready to create a final plan and implement it. We want the student in the Coaching and mentoring Course to learn from the coach, apply what they have learnt successfully, measure their new ability and be able to assess their performance overall.

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