Learn the steps needed to design and implement an effective workplace mentoring program.
Sustained success is the goal of any business. Your business can build a chemistry that promotes lasting productivity with the help of an effective mentoring program. Building a mentoring program in the workplace facilitates educational opportunities that can help employees advance in their careers and can facilitate a welcoming corporate culture. Mentoring programs have been proven to reduce high turnover rates, tackle diversity problems and improve employee engagement.This presentation will focus on aligning talent management processes and providing linkages between job roles, desired competencies and key experiences that will help organizations enhance their future competitiveness. The discussion will demonstrate that implementing well-thought-out mentoring strategies can provide employees with opportunities and a clear direction on how to increase their skills and advance their careers within their organizations.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to define mentoring in a way that demonstrated alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
- You will be able to discuss the benefits of developing an effective mentoring program.
- You will be able to identify the qualities of a good mentor.
- You will be able to explain how to effectuate a beneficial mentor/mentee relationship.
Agenda
Determine What You Are Trying to Accomplish- Employee Engagement
- Retaining Employees
- Attracting New Talent
- Advancing Your Organizational Goals
- Recognize Potential vs. Readiness
- Look Towards the Future
- Boeing
- Caterpillar
- Mcgraw-Hill
- Bain and Company
- General Electric
- Intel
- Creating a Structure
- Talk to Your Leaders
- Establish Career Coaches and Mentors
- Promote and Foster Diversity
- Invest in Training and Development
- Clear Expectations
- Set Goals and Timelines
- Develop Activity Schedule
- Connect Mentors and Mentees
- Establish Community/Social Aspects
- Are You Meeting Your Objectives?
- Garner Feedback
- Monitor and Track Employees
- Spread Good News
- Modify Programs as Needed
- Good Listener
- Flexible
- Knowledgeable
- Nonjudgmental
- Honest and Candid
Speaker(s)
Larry Hammond, Sr.Sea Ventures Consulting
- Owner of Sea Ventures Consulting
- Through his workshops, strategy sessions, and keynote addresses, he focuses on helping organizations that are stuck in the way it has always been done, thinking without ever achieving true satisfaction, to transform
- By producing an organizational culture that creates a contagious leadership environment, helps organizations to achieve maximum performance, increase employee retention, and heighten employee engagement
- More than 20 years of senior leadership, coaching, training, and development experience
- Mentor in business, marketing, sales, human resources, entrepreneurship, and leadership in public agencies and community organizations
- Facilitated management and employee feedback sessions
- Coaches leaders and managers in public and private industries around team building and culture development
- Developed, delivered, and evaluated a variety of training seminars, including, customer service, change management, strategic planning, leadership development, and public speaking
- Provided leadership training to Leadership Pasadena, a leadership program that empowers, inspires, and connects leaders who strengthen a diverse community
