Mentoring and Coaching
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Identify and evaluate the key factors which influence the effectiveness and strength of a mentoring relationship. |
This essay will start by defining mentoring, and giving a brief understanding of mentoring. This essay will then go on to identify and evaluate a number of key factors that may influence the effectiveness of a mentoring relationship. This essay will focus on the example of mentoring within schools and a learning mentor to be more specific.
Firstly this essay will look at the difference between coaching and mentoring. Both coaching and mentoring are processes that allow both individual and schools to achieve their full potential.
Coaching and mentoring share many similarities. Both coaching and mentoring explore the needs, motivations, desires, skills and feelings of the individual. Both coaching and mentoring will also use questioning techniques to try and get the individual to explore their own thoughts and feelings, without putting ideas and problems in to their head. Both coaches and mentors will look at what the individual wishes to get out of this relationship and will review this after each session. It is the job of both the coach and mentor to observe, listen and ask questions to understand the individual’s situation (coaching network, n.d.).
The coach or mentor is responsible for making sure that the individual is not developing dependencies to their sessions that goals are trying to be achieved and that as the mentor or coach they are working within their comfort zone and the area of personal competence (coaching network, n.d.).
As can be seen above, there are many similarities between coaching and mentoring. Mentoring, in its traditional sense is seen as an opportunity for an individual to follow in the path of an older and wiser person who can pass on knowledge, experience and open doors to otherwise out-of-reach opportunities. Coaches on the other hand may not have any
Identify and evaluate the key factors which influence the effectiveness and strength of a mentoring relationship. |
This essay will start by defining mentoring, and giving a brief understanding of mentoring. This essay will then go on to identify and evaluate a number of key factors that may influence the effectiveness of a mentoring relationship. This essay will focus on the example of mentoring within schools and a learning mentor to be more specific.
Firstly this essay will look at the difference between coaching and mentoring. Both coaching and mentoring are processes that allow both individual and schools to achieve their full potential.
Coaching and mentoring share many similarities. Both coaching and mentoring explore the needs, motivations, desires, skills and feelings of the individual. Both coaching and mentoring will also use questioning techniques to try and get the individual to explore their own thoughts and feelings, without putting ideas and problems in to their head. Both coaches and mentors will look at what the individual wishes to get out of this relationship and will review this after each session. It is the job of both the coach and mentor to observe, listen and ask questions to understand the individual’s situation (coaching network, n.d.).
The coach or mentor is responsible for making sure that the individual is not developing dependencies to their sessions that goals are trying to be achieved and that as the mentor or coach they are working within their comfort zone and the area of personal competence (coaching network, n.d.).
As can be seen above, there are many similarities between coaching and mentoring. Mentoring, in its traditional sense is seen as an opportunity for an individual to follow in the path of an older and wiser person who can pass on knowledge, experience and open doors to otherwise out-of-reach opportunities. Coaches on the other hand may not have any
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