More than 30 years of research into mentoring fundamentals and good practice around the world have gone into the development of an exciting new mentoring programme, aimed at developing the skills of both mentors and mentees.
I am saddened at the number of organisations that are still obviously male dominated and operate with an underlying patriarchal undertone, even with the enormous effort that has been put into creating equality in the workplace and publicity around the very positive impacts of having gender balance in senior leadership.
Coach Mentoring Ltd is delighted to be working in partnership with Professor David Clutterbuck (David Clutterbuck Partnership) and TMSDI to deliver an accredited Team Coaching Foundation course incorporating the Margerison-McCann Team Management Profile. Continue reading
We are excited to be launching our new Team Coaching Certificate which commences in September 2015. This all new programme will cover:
At the end of 2014, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) wanted to launch a pilot mentoring programme with a view to supporting their career development offering. The programme’s objectives were to support CIPD members in:
Formal and informal mentoring relationships exist in many organisations. Within these mentoring relationships the mentor may take many roles: being a role model, a sounding board, helping build networks and career support, sometimes simply being there to listen and challenge. However, linked to mentoring, but with clear differences is the role of a sponsor. Is it actually more beneficial for a woman who is seeking to break through the ‘glass ceiling’ to have a sponsor rather than an organisational mentor? Or perhaps she should be greedy and have both!
Supporting women talent specifically requires a further lens on how you look at your talent mentoring design, so here are some pointers for when you are developing mentoring programmes specifically to allow female talent to break through the glass ceiling.
In our initial experience of designing mentoring to develop senior women, the outcomes included one wedding, five promotions, several large pay increases, cosmetic surgery and a bullied mentor! So with the benefit of a number of women only mentoring programmes under our belts, use this checklist when designing a women’s mentoring programme: Continue reading
Visit the Coach Mentoring Ltd Coaching Cloud Mentoring Community to see our great mentoring materials. Before entering you will need to sign up for a free Coaching Cloud account if you don’t already have one. Continue reading
At Coach Mentoring Ltd we understand it is difficult to support your own mentoring programmes alongside all the other demands on your working time. So we offer a virtual programme manager service.
Jacki Mason and her team provide this program management outsourcing service on a global basis. You can benefit from these dedicated mentoring specialists, each with proven track records in mentoring. Continue reading
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Chronus Corporation, a leading provider of software for talent and career development, together with Lis Merrick of Coach Mentoring Ltd. will host a new webinar, “Developing Corporate Talent through Coaching and Mentoring,” on Wednesday, December 4, at 18:00 UK time. Continue reading
