Leadership and management

Mentoring skills

We have designed this programme for managers and experienced engineers working with mentees or supporting professional registration applicants.

1 day

Next available: Virtual classroom, 08 May 2025

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Mentoring skills

Members:
£550.00 Plus vat

Non Members:
£650.00 Plus vat

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£550.00 £495.00 Plus vat

Non Members:
£650.00 £585.00 Plus vat

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Summary

We have designed this programme for managers and experienced engineers working with mentees or supporting professional registration applicants.

Providing opportunities for new engineers to develop capabilities and learn from senior colleagues is vital in creating an environment that is both engaging and motivating. This requires high-quality, effective mentoring relationships that support engineers on their journey from new starters to independent professionals taking ownership for their on-going development.

We have tailored this blended learning programme to help you develop your mentoring skills and recognise how you can best use your experience and knowledge in supporting the development of others.

You will gain clarity of how to set up and maintain an effective mentoring relationship, develop effective mentoring skills and learn to recognise some barriers to great mentoring.

Verified by an engineer, Tom Williamson
"I was nervous that the training would involve role play, something that I often find awkward and artificial in a training environment. But that didn’t happen, thankfully… It was more practising some of the skills and the exercises were well balanced. I found being on the course allowed me to take a step back and reflect. A lot of what we touched on is transferrable to other scenarios."
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Who should attend?

This programme is designed for managers and experienced engineers supporting mentees. Where the mentees are professional registration applicants, the programme is ideal to be attended alongside our Mentoring for MPDS programme.

How will I benefit?

After the course you will be able to:

Understand how adults learn, including your own learning preferences, and how this might impact on the mentoring relationship
Recognise the benefits and difference between mentoring and coaching
Gain clarity on the importance of a structured approach to a mentoring relationship
Gain insight into how to build an effective mentoring relationship
Develop key coaching and mentoring skills including listening, questioning, empathy and giving feedback
Build greater awareness of how to create effective development plans that consider individual learning preferences
Consider some of the ethical boundaries and barriers to really great mentoring
Develop the habit of self-reflection practice to enhance your skills as a mentor

Contributes 7 CPD hours

The course works very well in conjunction with the MPDS course held the day before. Highly recommended, small number of 6 worked well and good balance of interaction/group work and presentations.

Jennifer Falconer Rolls-Royce

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Meet our trainers

These trainers regularly teach Mentoring skills.

Steve Holloway

Steve is an Ashridge Accredited Executive Coach with an MSc in Executive Coaching and works as a coach, consultant and facilitator.
Sarah Thompson

Sarah is an achievement-orientated facilitator, trainer and personal coach with consultancy, development and management experience in a variety of organisations and businesses.

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At a glance

Duration:

1 day
Location:

Virtual classroom, Manchester, London
CPD Hours:

7
UK-Spec:

C, D, E

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