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Tutoring is an increasingly popular form of student development support at universities. Unlike classic mentoring, tutoring focuses on one-on-one work – the tutor accompanies the student (tutee) in the development process, helping to discover strengths, discover motivation within themselves and overcome academic and personal difficulties. Mentiway vs. tutoring – what is it all about? At […]
Mentoring is based primarily on the relationship between Mentor and Mentee. In order for this relationship to fulfill its purpose, the couple should establish its principles at the very beginning of the process. This is the role of the mentoring contract. In this article I will take a closer look at what a contract is in the mentoring process, why it is worth having one and what it should contain.
Mentoring has many advantages and great benefits for everyone – for Mentees, for Mentors and Mentors, for the organization. Development of specialized skills, soft skills, relationship building, improved well-being and job satisfaction leadership development in the organization are just some of them. But like all forms of development, mentoring also has its limitations. One of them is price – the cost of mentoring. In this article I will try to answer the question of how much mentoring costs. I will mainly touch on the perspective of Mentees, although there will be something for Mentors and organizers as well.
Mentoring in its assumptions is based primarily on the relationship and commitment of the two people in the pair. Each party has its own roles and qualities needed to fulfill them. The Mentee should be committed, open-minded, eager to learn about himself, grow, change his behavior. And the Mentor? Well, that’s what. This is the topic I will address in this article.
In a previous blog article, I touched on the most common questions related to mentoring. This time I decided to take a closer look at a few selected questions by providing answers in a more comprehensive manner.
Mentoring is a process of sharing knowledge and experience, in which the Mentor helps the Mentee achieve their goals and develop their potential. However, an experienced and good Mentor does not rely only on loose talk, but uses a wide range of tools and exercises to help the Mentee learn about themselves, overcome challenges and achieve goals.
Goals are the foundation of any mentoring process. Among other things, they are what make mentoring an actual development process, and not just chaotic conversations over coffee. They are so important that we decided to devote a separate article to them. In it, I will present techniques useful for setting goals and building self-awareness, list some sample goals, and finally address the topic of assessment and evaluation.
How to talk to a Mentor? What to talk about with the Mentor? These are questions that often arise for Mentee before starting the mentoring process. We’ve already alluded to this topic in several previous articles, but now I’ve decided to put it all together in the form of a single resource – a guide for beginning Mentees who are starting their first mentoring process.
Mentoring in a company has many advantages. It is effective in transferring and retaining knowledge in the organization, builds relationships, and improves employee motivation. It also has many broader, less direct effects. According to research, it improves mental health, accelerates promotions and reduces turnover in the company. However, in order for it to achieve such broad effects, it is necessary to apply several principles when implementing it in an organization. In this article, I present some of the principles we have collected, developed from already dozens of mentoring programs implemented with Mentiway and more than a thousand mentoring sessions conducted.
Mentoring is often compared to coaching. Not surprisingly, both forms of development have many elements in common. And in a similar way – the role of the Mentor is compared to that of the Coach. In many aspects, the roles, competencies and behaviors of both are similar, but there are also a few differences worth noting. In this article we will address these similarities and differences.