Information on training content

Your mentee training is designed to prepare you for a positive, productive mentoring relationship, ensuring you can engage, learn and get the most from your mentoring journey. The training includes:

• Program onboarding content: Learn about the mentoring process, including defining goals and success criteria, establishing ground rules, confidentiality, boundaries and taking responsibility for your own development. You’ll also explore key topics such as common mentoring relationship styles, time management, building trust and setting short, medium and long-term goals.
• Live, expert-led webinars: Connect with other mentees and learn about the program.
  1. Getting started – using SWOT and SOAR analyses, setting SMART goals and creating actionable plans
  2. Self-care and growth – mutual learning, reflection and giving and receiving feedback
  3. Winding up – transitioning out of the formal mentoring relationship, reflection and next steps

Our mentor training is designed to equip you with the knowledge, skills and confidence to support your mentee effectively. It ensures you are fully prepared to guide, support and challenge your mentee while creating a productive and meaningful mentoring experience. Training is divided into two main areas:

1. The role of the mentor

This area focuses on understanding and fulfilling your role as a mentor, including:

• introducing yourself and engaging with your mentee
• enhancing networks to build resilience and professional growth
• understanding the distinction between coaching and mentoring, and when each approach is appropriate.

2. Mentoring tools and traps

This area develops practical skills to optimise the mentoring relationship, including:

• establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries
• developing active listening and effective communication skills
• recognising conscious and unconscious bias, avoiding the ‘halo’ effect, and focusing on being the best mentor you can be.

Live, expert-led webinars

During the program, mentors are invited to three live webinars to connect and engage with other mentors, deepen learning and apply insights in:

1. Getting started – using SWOT and SOAR analyses, setting SMART goals and creating actionable plans
2. Self-care and growth – mutual learning, reflection, sustaining a positive mentoring relationship and giving and receiving feedback
3. Winding up – ending the formal mentoring relationship, reflecting on outcomes and planning next steps