{"id":3624,"date":"2021-03-11T16:47:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T16:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/?p=3624"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:13:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:13:04","slug":"the-importance-of-mentoring-training-how-it-differs-from-coach-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/2021\/03\/the-importance-of-mentoring-training-how-it-differs-from-coach-training\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of Mentoring Training &#038; how it differs from Coach Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mentoring-Training-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Mentoring Training\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3626 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mentoring-Training-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mentoring-Training-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mentoring-Training-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mentoring-Training-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mentoring-Training.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>What is the point in mentoring training and what should you cover? Can you not just &#8216;lump&#8217; the mentors in with your coaches, or dispense with the training, as \u201ceveryone understands mentoring\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>This blog explores the importance of mentoring training, its key components and the similarities and differences with coach training.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Why bother to brief or train your mentors and mentees?<\/h2>\n<p>In my view this is a no-brainer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scirp.org\/reference\/referencespapers.aspx?referenceid=2678210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research\u00a0has demonstrated<\/a> that relationships are three times more likely to succeed if formal training of mentors and mentees has taken place. This is backed up by both our evaluation findings and my experience. Please don&#8217;t leave the mentees out, I find it is just as important to have skilled mentees as effective mentors in a relationship.<\/p>\n<h2>What should\u00a0mentoring training\u00a0cover?<\/h2>\n<p>As well as mentoring skills development, mentoring training provides the opportunity to raise concerns and questions prior to the relationship commencing.\u00a0 As a minimum, this preparation should encompass:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The programme purpose<\/li>\n<li>Objectives and process<\/li>\n<li>Roles and responsibilities of the mentor and mentee<\/li>\n<li>Contracting, agreeing expectations and boundaries and a \u201cno fault\u201d separation clause<\/li>\n<li>Skills and techniques (with an opportunity to practice in a safe environment)<\/li>\n<li>The understanding of the life cycle of a relationship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have plenty of time and resources to prepare both parties, include rapport building, goal setting, process models, competences of a mentor and mentee, reflection and learning logs. Remember to never rush the skills practice element!<\/p>\n<h2>Mentoring virtually<\/h2>\n<p>In our current world, not only will you be delivering your mentoring training virtually but the majority of mentoring is also online. Spend time exploring virtual rapport building and how to communicate effectively and the challenges and advantages, when face-to-face communication is not possible<\/p>\n<h2>What about cultural differences and appreciating diversity?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1-400x300.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>You may also want to focus on cultural differences between participants. Consider how to recognise these and value them and ensure they don\u2019t impact on the effectiveness and outcomes of the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Diversity and inclusion needs to be considering also, even if that is not the direct purpose of the mentoring programme. Are you supporting mentors and mentees to appreciate each other\u2019s differences? Helping them to park \u2018the power\u2019 and for mentees or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/tag\/reverse-mentoring\/\">reverse mentors<\/a> to feel comfortable to speak truth to power?<\/p>\n<h2>What is the difference between training coaches and mentors?<\/h2>\n<p>I am asked frequently &#8216;can I use my coach training for my mentoring programme&#8217;? There are overlaps, so you can use the same content for parts of the coach and mentor preparation. However, there are also areas of difference.<\/p>\n<h2>Areas of similarity between mentoring training and coaching training<\/h2>\n<p>In my experience, internal coaches and mentors require similar skills and process knowledge:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Active listening, questioning and giving feedback skills<\/li>\n<li>Process models to create reflective space<\/li>\n<li>Understanding the life cycle of a relationship<\/li>\n<li>How to contract safely and ethically<\/li>\n<li>How to set focus, direction and if appropriate, use goals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Differences\u00a0between mentoring training and coaching training<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding the different roles and definitions for coaching and mentoring used internally<\/li>\n<li>Context and use within the organisation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The main difference generally comes back to how people and organisations view coaching and mentoring. Sometimes this is a controversial topic. As a designer of programmes, I view both as \u2018a developmental dialogue\u2019. However, you do need to differentiate and define these types of dialogues, despite their shared skillset, so individuals understand their roles clearly and don\u2019t get confused.<\/p>\n<p>In any organisational programme, understanding the role of the coach or mentor, their behaviours and responsibilities, is paramount.<\/p>\n<h2>Volume of education<\/h2>\n<p>The other big difference in programmes is the amount of education provided. Most mentoring programmes these days offer a one-hour webinar or a half-day face-to-face training workshop (when we can meet up) to launch the relationships. This allows only the most basic exploration of topics required to mentor successfully. Internal coach programmes generally provide accredited training over a period of time. These build on basic skills with extra tools, techniques, models and plenty of time for reflective practice.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Education.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"451\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Education.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Education-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Education-768x289.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Education-1024x385.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Education-500x188.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> No wonder mentoring can be viewed as the more amateur role and less effective relation and some mentors suffer from <a href=\"\/articles\/tag\/imposter-syndrome\/\">Imposter Syndrome<\/a>. In one mentoring programme I support, a recent survey highlighted a third of the mentor training need requests were for approaches to bolster confidence as a mentor!<\/p>\n<h2>Handling coach\/mentor education<\/h2>\n<p>In practice, the majority of organisations keep coach and mentor education separate. This avoids confusing participants, despite similar content being used. It also avoids senior leaders who volunteer to mentor undertaking an onerous amount of preparation to become a mentor. Undertaking more education would probably put a lot of them off becoming a mentor! However, increasingly I find clients want to use \u2018shared\u2019 toolkits, the same intranet content or invite both coaches and mentors to up-skilling workshops. This is a new trend as coaches and mentors are encouraged to leverage each other\u2019s learning experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps this may elevate the perception of mentors as we see more cross fertilisation of learning between coaches and mentors, less distinction in training content and organisations becoming wiser about developing both roles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#I-want-to-know-more\">Do get in contact<\/a>\u00a0to discuss any of these ideas, or if you would value some support in developing your mentoring or coaching training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the point in mentoring training and what should you cover? Can you not just &#8216;lump&#8217; the mentors in with your coaches, or dispense with the training, as \u201ceveryone understands mentoring\u201d? This blog explores the importance of mentoring training, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/2021\/03\/the-importance-of-mentoring-training-how-it-differs-from-coach-training\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[174,168,73,72,167],"class_list":["post-3624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching","category-mentoring","tag-internal-coaches","tag-internal-coaching-and-mentoring","tag-mentee","tag-mentor","tag-roles-of-a-mentor","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The importance of Mentoring Training &amp; how it differs from Coach Training<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/2021\/03\/the-importance-of-mentoring-training-how-it-differs-from-coach-training\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The importance of Mentoring Training &amp; how it differs from Coach Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is the point in mentoring training and what should you cover? 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