What is Mentoring and Is It Really of Use?
Mentoring refers to the at-will relationship. It is collaborative and a reciprocal occurring between a junior and a senior employee. It aids to meet the learning, growth, and career development of the mentee. The mentor and mentee are an organization internal. There is an emphasis on culture, goals, and guide on the development, helping in reaching goals.
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Mentoring may be informal or formal. In an informal environment, they are not measurable, while in a relationship of formal mentoring, there are measurable goals set and defined with firm requirements.
Importance of Mentoring
A good mentor ensures the mentee is more effective. They teach them new skills, train at work, develop confidence, and ensure overall career growth.
The benefits of mentoring include satisfaction in expanded perspectives, technical strengthening, interpersonal skills, leadership, and experience to see new insights and frame ideas.
Mentoring Techniques
One-on-one: The traditional type of mentoring is one-on-one mentoring. Here the involvement is with mentor and mentee. It is an experienced person paired with a younger and less-experienced mentee.
Peer: In peer mentoring it relies on a department or same role sharing experiences. The peer’s pair up to support each other to form a one-on-one or group mentoring.
Group: A group of mentees working together in applying a model. This includes enough resources or time.
Reverse: The relationship is flipped. The junior employee mentors a senior professional. They teach new applications or skills.
Distance: This is also known as e-mentoring. The technology has helped this relationship to be done using online software, email, and can be done without a personal touch.
Speed: The mentee here moves to mentors and this is a part of a conference or corporate event where the mentee comes ready with questions.
Is mentoring and coaching the same?
Mentoring is focused on career development; it is a learning relationship. The aim is building skills, driving personal growth, understanding, and knowledge. Mentors use coaching skills, but the role of a mentor is wider to a coach. It includes making connections, opening new doors, and sharing experiences. In a business environment, coaching is to assist people in their existing performance. The coaching focus is to get fit in the existing role or to prepare for the next.
When mentoring is of use
Mentoring is perfect to ensure employee retention and to promote organizational diversity. Mentoring is of use to support skill programs where the mentee gets to learn involvement and the role of a mentor is to assist in embed learning. Encouraging ethical behavior in mentoring involves talking through and having a personalized mentoring program meeting specific needs.
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