Starting with the roles, responsibilities and activities of a mentor, this season of webinars explores further issues your mentee might experience. Nine short, interactive free-webinars (during UK lunchtime) provide a safe space to develop and discuss your mentor CPD. Suitable for internal or external mentors, come along on the following dates for free learning and sharing together.
The New Year is a great time to support your existing mentors with on-going professional development. Some of our regular mentors who have attended previous webinars say:
‘Thank you so much for an interesting and informative session.’
‘I find these sessions so helpful and enlightening.’
‘Some really helpful tips!’
Join any of these 30-minute mentor CPD sessions for free
From February 2023 to June 2023, Lis Merrick hosts these sessions covering topics selected by popular demand. Book free and choose your location to see times in your local time zone.
The roles, responsibilities and activities of a mentor
This session explores the different schools of mentoring and the roles a developmental mentor and a sponsor can play. It will describe good practice in a mentor’s behaviour and discuss how to agree behaviour expectations with your mentee at the beginning of your relationship.
This session will be less useful for experienced mentors.
Tuesday 7th February 2023 @ 12:30 (UK)
Supporting your mentee through conflict situations
It can be difficult supporting your mentee if they are experiencing conflict in their lives. This session will explore how a mentor can be a reality check and sounding board, but also provide models to use when helping your mentee to not just survive conflict, but resolve it.
Thursday 23rd February 2023 @ 12:30 (UK)
Mentoring women — a gender perspective on mentoring
In celebration of International Women’s Day 2023, we will explore briefly some of the issues women face in the workplace and discuss how mentors can support thorough these different challenges.
If there are specific aspects you would like to discuss in this session, please contact Lis in advance.
Tuesday 14th March 2023 @ 12:30 (UK)
Supporting your mentee with hybrid working
Hybrid working can be a positive and negative experience for most people. Some of the challenges faced when working at home, include isolation, ambition and discrimination, lack of communication, managing a remote team and poor engagement. This session will explore how a mentor can support their mentee with some of these challenges.
Tuesday 28th March 2023 @ 12:30 (UK)
Being authentic as a mentor
What does it mean to be authentic as a mentor? We will discuss self-monitoring, how to develop your personal authenticity and some of the dilemmas involved when you try to be authentic as a mentor and person.
Monday 17th April 2023 @ 12:30 (UK)
Understanding power in mentoring
Developmental mentoring aims to park the power in the relationship. However, how practical is this? How can a mentor work with their mentee as an equal and what do they need to be aware of to ensure their mentee is comfortable working with them in the relationship?
Tuesday 2nd May 2023 @ 12:30 (UK)
Supporting your mentee to influence effectively
Mentors will be asked to support their mentees in a variety of situations which involve the mentee influencing others. This session will explore influencing approaches so mentors can help their mentees develop their influencing skills and ability and build the mentee’s self-awareness so they know which battles to pick!
Wednesday 17th May 2023 @ 12:30 (UK)
Dilemmas in mentoring
This session will take a brief look at some of the ‘darker side’ of mentoring relationships, providing tips and advice for mentors so they don’t come unstuck if things start to go wrong in their relationships. Co-hosted with Kate Richards.
Tuesday 30th May 2023 @ 12:30 (UK)
Supporting your mentee through failure
How can you support your mentee to learn from failure? Or cope with the fear of failure? This session will explore how you can help your mentee to bounce back and develop from situations they perceive as failures in their lives.
Tuesday 13th June 2023 @ 12:30 (UK)
All webinars will last for approximately 30 minutes — there will be an element of interactivity. If you want a chat beforehand, do get in contact. Some people stay on after the webinars for individual conversations, so don’t feel you have to rush away!
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