NCBA MENTORS ORIENTATION COURSE

FOR

STAFF OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS

SCHOOL ARUA CAMPUS.

Tools & techniques for Mentoring

4/27/2019 FACILITATOR: JOHN ARIKO OKELAI
 Preparing for Mentoring
 Six things to consider;
 What do you want to gain from the mentoring
relationship?
 What do you have to offer in terms of Knowledge, skills
and experience.
 How frequently will you meet?

 What will be the form of contact, will it be in person or

by other methods e.g email, skype etch
 How long will the mentoring partnership last?

 What is the meaning of confidentiality in the mentoring

relationship?
 The mentoring Conversation
Four areas to explore;
1. Where are is the mentee now in the project?
 What’s going well with the project?

 What do you want to change?

 What can be influenced through mentoring?

 What aspects are you prepared to do something

about?
 What is the benefit of taking action?
The mentoring Conversation
Four areas to explore;
2. Where do you (Mentor & Mentee) want to
be?
 What should success look like?
 How will we know if success has been
achieved i.e what will be the indicators of
success?
 What changes would you want other people
e.g customer, peers, trainers to notice?
The Mentoring Conversation
Four areas to explore;
3. How shall we get there?

 What progress has already been made?

 What knowledge, skills and experience do

we already have?

 What ideas and option do we have?

The Mentoring Conversation
Four areas to explore;
4. What actions shall we take?

 What are we prepared and able to do?

 How confident are we about taking those
actions?
 What support will be needed?
 Who else could help?
 Support for Mentoring
Tools & techniques that can help
1. NOTE-TAKING
A mentoring logbook is a great tool for note taking, always
have a mentors logbook and a mentees logbook.
 The logbook is important;
 Memory aid; helps the mentors document the agreed actions
with the mentee and helps the mentee document the process in
implementing the agreed actions
 Reflection; the logbook records aid reflection and managing
feedback.
 Monitoring progress; enables review of action to determine
progress
 Administration; managing schedules and mentoring process
 Learning; keeping a record of learnings and progress
 Support for Mentoring
Tools & techniques that can help
2. FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS

 Feedback
about what should;
…………..Be stopped
…………..Start doing
…………..Continue doing
 Support for Mentoring
Tools & techniques that can help
3. RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENTS & SUCCESSES
Some of things to record;
 Record the successes achieved
 Congratulations and compliments received
from others
 Feedback on positive achievements