Mentoring For Individuals and Organisations

CIPD West London Branch, 20 October 2011

Paul Massey

Managing Director, MentorWell.com

Introduction

• A chance to reflect on your CIPD West London mentoring experiences

• Consider your experiences in the context of your Organisation

• Food for thought - mentoring scheme case studies

Introduction

• Expectations of CIPD mentoring scheme

• Think about some of the benefits you have received from the scheme.

• Has your experience aligned with your expectations?

David Megginson &

Tim Bright;

EMCC Conference 2010

‘Learnings from a

Multinational Mentoring

Scheme’

The Mentoring Organisation

• Mentoring cannot be separated from the social context.

• Culture of Organisation can support and sustain mentoring

• Compatible individual and organisation aspirations.

Types of mentoring programs

Traditional Mentoring

Peer Mentoring

Reverse Mentoring

Group Mentoring

E-mentoring

Drop-in mentoring

Within or Between Organisations

Efes Beer Group Global Mentoring• Turkish based, significant European brewer• CSR and Corporate Governance importance

with tradition of family ownership

Mentoring Scheme Goals

• professional and personal growth• exchange experience, know-how & knowledge• personal development, professional

relationships• learn mentoring & coaching methodology• support international corporate culture

Further information from scheme consultants Tim Bright www.oneworldconsulting.com and David Megginson

Efes Beer Group Global MentoringSummary of Programme• One year mentoring programme, recommended one

mentoring meeting per month, of 2 hours. • Participants are volunteers• Not used as an assessment or evaluation tool.  • Only two rules – confidentiality and mentors and line

managers not to discuss the mentee.• Initial workshops in Moscow for 3 days.

• 360 degrees feedback and networking event and mentee feedback to assist with matching

• Matched on third day and held initial meeting• Budget agreed for next 2 meetings to be face to face

then up to pairs - face to face; email and video conference - blended mentoring

Efes Beer Group Global Mentoring

• Strengths and Development areas – all participants have gone through development centres, one aim was to match mentee’s key development area with mentor’s strength.

• Matching paid attention to diversity of gender and ethnicity meeting diversity goals.

• Avoided ‘skill decay’ by immediate first meeting and supervision/preparation during workshop.

• High level buy in with CEO presenting at workshop and discussing own mentors.

• Designing the Scheme impacts effectiveness – Duration– Purpose– Matching principles - diversity– Diversity of matching team– Mentoring contract

Mentoring as Partnership

• Back Up Foundation and Harris Cartier LLP

Charity for Spinal Chord Injury Solicitors

• CSR is Good Business!

Mentoring as Partnership• Back-Up Buddy Scheme - lawyers

support activities for injured

• Firm sponsors mentoring scheme

• Funding award recognition

• Closely linked to business of acting

for those with spinal chord injuries

Mentoring as Partnership

• Kent Pattinson, Partner at Harris Cartier LLP • "The concept of peer mentoring is a core value to our

firm. Our solicitors who act for clients with spinal cord injury are deeply involved with Back Up on a personal level. Both Back Up and Harris Cartier LLP agree that our long term relationship is mutually beneficial and has deeply impacted the quality of service we both provide to the spinal cord injured community."

Mentoring as Part Organisational Culture

• Individuals trained as mentors impact upon organisational culture:– Mentoring as Career Path– Mentoring as Management Style– Mentoring as Change Management and Project

Management

• Mentoring as a part of the HR toolkit.

Further reading: Garvey, Stokes,Megginson, Coaching and Mentoring in Practice

• Time For Reflection

• What is your organisation doing in this space?

• What are the opportunities?

How can social media help?

Mentor Scheme Management

Match membersEmail easilyOrganise events and training

Thank you!

paul.massey@mentorwell.com 07919 116799