A remarkable 75% of executives say mentoring has been critical to their career development, according to a survey by the American Society for Training.

Organisations that wish to develop a learning culture seek to create an environment that encourages the support and development of all its people within the organisation. However, this does not always happen naturally and ensuring structured learning such as coaching and mentoring programmes, are in place can boost outcomes and, equally importantly, positively impact the culture of the organisation.

 

At Taylor Clarke, we can help you to develop a mentoring programme as well as a cohort of skilled mentors. Our approach is to help you assess your current mentoring programme, should you have one, or help you to design a new one that supports the development of the culture and vision of the organisation. The key components of our service are

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1. Review existing mentoring programme, should you have one, and help you develop a mentoring programme that directly links to the goals of the organisation and its culture development

2. Building a structure to the programme and identifying the areas, levels or groups of individuals that would benefit from mentoring

3. Develop a matchmaking system that best supports the development of the mentees

4. Provide a learning programme to develop the skills and capability of mentors. This will include topics such as: how mentoring differs from other areas like coaching and performance management, rapport building, listening skills, questioning skills, encouraging flexibility of approach within a mentoring conversation to maximise the impact

5. Creating internal processes and mechanisms to ensure the mentoring is reviewed and measured at appropriate intervals, thereby ensuring its ongoing effectiveness and continuous improvement