Personal Reflection On My Mentoring
Making use of reflective examples from your own experience of being a protégé, identify the contrasting ethos and approaches used in developing and delivering mentoring in a sporting and business context.
I am going to be writing about my experience as being a protégé in my first year at university and to reflect on how my mentor has helped me in my academic year and theories I have used to be able to do this. Also how it can benefit me in the future in sport and business. Also I will be talking about the different approaches used in a sporting and business context.
Formal vs informal
Research suggests that “informal organizational mentoring is more beneficial than formal mentoring” (Cotton and Ragins 1999).I notice that formal and informal …show more content…
“The protégé and mentor may or may not voluntarily choose each other “(Cotton, Miller, & Ragins, 2000). Me and my mentor didn’t get to choose who we wanted to be with but we put that aside and focused on what we could do to build a relationship. For example one of my first tasks of the year was to organise a meeting with my mentor outside of university and discuss the experiences they had in their first year and all what is expected. I believe that my mentor informally approached me because research suggests “Informal mentors were more likely to engage in positive psychosocial activities such as counselling, facilitating social interactions, role modelling, and providing friendship” (Inzer. L.D & Crawford. C.B, 2005) and this is what my mentor did to help me through my academic year for example due to our social interaction between each other made me feel confident around him and started to build friendships by inviting each other to come to the next university …show more content…
S. (2013) David Clutterbuck, Mentoring and Coaching. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching Volume 8 · Number 1 p143
Inzer. L.D & Crawford. C.B (2005) A Review of Formal and Informal Mentoring: Processes, Problems, and Design Journal of Leadership Education Volume 4, Issue 1 P31-47
Dreher, G.F. And Ash, R.A. (1990). A comparative study of mentoring among men and women in managerial, professional, and technical positions. Journal of applied psychology, 81. 297 – 308
Merriam, S.(1983). Mentors and protégé’s: a critical review of the literature. Adult education Quarterly, 33, 161- 173
Ragins,B.R. and Cotton, J.l.(1999). Mentor Functions and Outcomes: A Comparison of Men and Women in Formal and Informal Mentoring Relationships, 529-550
Margie, A.W And Packianathan, C. (1999) A mentoring model for management in sport and physical education, 24-38
Noe, R.A. (1988). Women and mentoring: a review and research agenda. Academy of management reviw,13(1), 65 – 78
Zey, M.G.(1984), the mentor connection. Homewood, IL: Dow Jones –
I am going to be writing about my experience as being a protégé in my first year at university and to reflect on how my mentor has helped me in my academic year and theories I have used to be able to do this. Also how it can benefit me in the future in sport and business. Also I will be talking about the different approaches used in a sporting and business context.
Formal vs informal
Research suggests that “informal organizational mentoring is more beneficial than formal mentoring” (Cotton and Ragins 1999).I notice that formal and informal …show more content…
“The protégé and mentor may or may not voluntarily choose each other “(Cotton, Miller, & Ragins, 2000). Me and my mentor didn’t get to choose who we wanted to be with but we put that aside and focused on what we could do to build a relationship. For example one of my first tasks of the year was to organise a meeting with my mentor outside of university and discuss the experiences they had in their first year and all what is expected. I believe that my mentor informally approached me because research suggests “Informal mentors were more likely to engage in positive psychosocial activities such as counselling, facilitating social interactions, role modelling, and providing friendship” (Inzer. L.D & Crawford. C.B, 2005) and this is what my mentor did to help me through my academic year for example due to our social interaction between each other made me feel confident around him and started to build friendships by inviting each other to come to the next university …show more content…
S. (2013) David Clutterbuck, Mentoring and Coaching. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching Volume 8 · Number 1 p143
Inzer. L.D & Crawford. C.B (2005) A Review of Formal and Informal Mentoring: Processes, Problems, and Design Journal of Leadership Education Volume 4, Issue 1 P31-47
Dreher, G.F. And Ash, R.A. (1990). A comparative study of mentoring among men and women in managerial, professional, and technical positions. Journal of applied psychology, 81. 297 – 308
Merriam, S.(1983). Mentors and protégé’s: a critical review of the literature. Adult education Quarterly, 33, 161- 173
Ragins,B.R. and Cotton, J.l.(1999). Mentor Functions and Outcomes: A Comparison of Men and Women in Formal and Informal Mentoring Relationships, 529-550
Margie, A.W And Packianathan, C. (1999) A mentoring model for management in sport and physical education, 24-38
Noe, R.A. (1988). Women and mentoring: a review and research agenda. Academy of management reviw,13(1), 65 – 78
Zey, M.G.(1984), the mentor connection. Homewood, IL: Dow Jones –