How To Design A Mentoring Programme

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This week, Lucinda delivers a solo masterclass in how to design a mentoring programme and make it work for your organisation. Furthermore, why now is the best time to think about implementing such programmes, and how to make sure that your people get the most from learning from others.  KEY TAKEAWAYS Certainly, remote working has meant that people now require different forms of access to development. Mentoring is a marvellous way of creating engagement, whether through one-to-one time or on the job learning. 10% of our learning should come from formal learning. 20% should come from incidental learning, and 70% should come from on the job learning and challenges. Furthermore, the strategic reasons behind why we are setting up a mentorship programme should define the mentors we choose and how they are deployed. Indeed, a good coach need not always be blessed with technical prowess. Their main contribution to development should be as a mirror or sounding board, there to challenge and offer new perspective when needed.. BEST MOMENTS 'We need to find ways in which people have the opportunity to access people' 'Once you've had someone as a mentor, you'll always have a relationship where you can pick up the phone to them' 'Coaching should be more on the "ask" side' 'A coach is there to act as a mirror - as a sounding board. They are there to open up thinking and opportunities'  VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   Join the HR Uprising LinkedIn Group The host of the HR Uprising Podcast, Lucinda Carney, is also the founder and CEO of Actus Software, and author of the best-selling book 'How to be a Change Superhero'. Actus Software resource particularly relevant to this podcast: Mentoring Contract Template – Actus Software Resources How to make virtual mentoring work for your organisation – Actus Webinar Learning and Development Resources – Actus Software Resources Furthermore, you can find additional free HR Resources on the Actus Website: https://actus.co.uk/free-performance-management-resources/ Virtual Training: How to be a Change Superhero Virtual People Management Accelerate Potential Change Superhero Resources: Book: How To Be A Change Superhero – by Lucinda Carney Free Change Toolkit: www.changesuperhero.com   Latest Performance Management Blog ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up’ together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: [email protected] Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising HR podcast, The HR Uprising, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Learning and Development, Culture & Change: https://hruprising.com/hr-podcasts/

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