What is it?
A tried and tested approach to developing your Managers and your Organisation’s management capacity
- A series of one-to-one mentoring sessions for your managers
- Aimed at improving their skills and competence as a manager
- Action based – with a focus on setting and implementing SMART actions between mentoring sessions
How is it structured?
- The CEO of SIKA meets with the CEO (and if necessary the H.R. Director) of the Organisation, for the purpose of
- Identifying the broad objectives of the organisation & the core challenges for the year ahead
- Getting a profile of each Manager who will be mentored (strengths and areas for development, as perceived by the Organisation)
- Agreeing the framework for mentoring – numbers of sessions, feedback process, etc..
- A mentor is assigned to each Manager that is to be mentored – generally 3 mentoring sessions a day can be facilitated with a …..week break between each session
- The mentor meets with the Mentee – sets ground rules and commences mentoring – Joint focus on the needs of the Organisation and the needs of the Mentee
- Succinct records maintained with agreed actions and testing of same
What are the benefits for the Organisation / Company?
- Custom designed mentoring focussed on developing and improving the manager’s skills and competence
- Action based focus on improving skills
- Enables Managers / Mentees to gain insight into their level of competence from an independent external mentor
- Supports coaching / development / succession planning
- Support identification of areas for development
- External input can facilitate quicker progression / results
What are the benefits for Managers / Mentees
- An opportunity to reflect with an independent, external person
- Protected time for reflection and development
- Structured shaping of skills and competence
- Focussed action-based approach to improving management skills
- Can also focus on the Mentee developing and improving their team.
Contact Sika Mentors for a no-obligation consultation and learn how to start getting what you want and need out of your business.