Course Specifications
Course number: 088841
Course length: 0.5 day(s)
Course Description
As you continue to grow and develop as a professional,
you will increasingly be expected to use mentoring skills to help others reach
their fullest potential, enhance their capabilities, and accomplish more work
with fewer resources. In this course, you will identify your mentoring goals
and clarify what you hope to accomplish through mentoring. You will determine
the type of mentoring method that will best suit your goals, identify methods
of getting started either as a protege or mentor, and identify ways of nurturing
others' hidden talents, and you will explore methods of formally closing a
mentor relationship.
Course Objective: You will identify your mentoring goals and clarify what you hope
to accomplish through mentoring, determine the type of mentoring method that
will best suit your goals, explore ways of nurturing others' hidden talents,
and consider some of the best methods for formally closing a mentor relationship.
Target Student: Managers, supervisors, and team leaders who want to use mentoring
skills for enhanced professional growth.
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course.
Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware Requirements
- A Pentium III with 500 MHz (or better), or Macintosh Intel-based
or PowerPC G4 (or better) processor.
- At least 512 MB of RAM.
- A monitor capable of 1024 x 768 screen resolution and 32-bit
color display.
Software Requirements
- Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP (Professional or Home
Edition), Windows 2000, or Apple Mac OS X 10.4 (or higher)
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (or higher), Mozilla Firefox
2 (or higher), or Apple Safari 2 (or higher), with pop-up blocking turned
off.
- Adobe Flash Player 8 (current version recommended).
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify their mentoring goals.
- Develop mentor relationships.
- Identify methods of closing the mentor relationship.
Course Content
- Lesson 1: Identifying Your Mentoring Goals
- Topic 1A: Identify Your Goals for Mentoring Others
- Topic 1B: Identify Your Goals for Seeking a Mentor
- Lesson 2: Developing Mentoring Relationships
- Topic 2A: Begin the Mentor Relationship
- Topic 2B: Develop the Mentor Relationship
- Topic 2C: Nurture Untapped Talent
- Lesson 3: Closing the Mentor Relationship
- Topic 3A: Share What You Know
- Topic 3B: Leverage Your Networks
- Topic 3C: Close the Mentor Relationship