Mentoring Overview
Facilitating learning conversations between mentor and mentee for people & organization leadership and career development by leveraging the mentor's experience and knowledge
- Mentoring conversations - mentee to identify what they want to learn from mentor
- Experience and knowledge - learning from mentor's stories about their experience and knowledge in specific areas
Purpose of Mentoring
Mentoring is a collaborative growth relationship between a mentor and a mentee for the purpose of the mentee's growth, learning and career development.
- A mentor is usually an experienced individual who shares their experience, knowledge and advice with a less experienced mentee.
- Mentors act as guides and role models for their mentees to help them grow.
Mentoring Process
- Mentoring program is free of charge for mentors and mentees
- Matching process may take time depending on mentor availability
- We may request for additional mentors for specific areas of expertise
Roles in Mentoring
Mentor
- Provides advice, guidance and feedback
- Shares their experience and knowledge
- Acts as a sounding board for ideas
- Identifies ways to support the mentee's development
- Allocates time to focus on mentoring meetings
Mentee
- Identifies learning objectives for mentoring
- Is open to and seeks feedback
- Takes an active role in their own learning
- Schedules, prepares for and attends mentoring meetings
- Follows through on commitments
Team Next
- Collect mentor and mentee registrations
- Matching mentors and mentees based on experience/ needs
- Conduct mentor and mentee briefings
- Execute mentoring contracts
- Running a chat group to share questions/ insights
Mentoring Community
Participants are invited to join a chat group where they can share questions/ insights with peers as they progress through the mentoring program.
Pre-requisites for Participation
Mentors
- Able to offer advice on people and organization practice based on their experience and knowledge
- Interested in developing the next generation of talent
- Able to commit to a one hour meeting once a month for six months
- Interested in developing themselves through the mentoring experience
Mentees
- Interested in learning from a mentor as part of a proactive effort for personal development
- Have some ideas about areas to learn from mentor around people and organization
- Able to schedule, prepare and attend a one hour meeting once a month for six months
- Want to apply learning from mentor and to share experience and knowledge as a mentor in the future
Requesting for Participation
- Complete and submit the appropriate form(s) below:
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- As a mentor: Mentor Registration Form
- As a mentee: Mentee Registration Form
- Team Next to match based on mentor's experience and mentee's needs
- Mentee to be notified of matching outcome first, followed by mentor
- Mentoring to commence after attending mentoring briefing and signing mentoring agreement
- For any queries/ requests, please contact us via the Contact Form.