Appendix 2

Appendix 2

Schedule and nature of a mentor’s involvement

Example 1. An organised company scheme Observations
The scheme coordinator matches you to a member of the company’s identified talent, Alison, an engineer fresh into her first management position. You are asked to provide mentoring support for a term of 12 months and given a half-day ‘Introduction to Mentoring’ class, where you learn principles of mentoring, the process, approach, dos/don’ts, etc. Alison attends a similar half-day session to help her get the most from the experience, e.g. what she can expect from her mentor and what will be expected from her. Alison is a new manager who eventually wants to progress to a more general manager role (and ...

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