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Strategic Mentoring The Power of Many

Vidya Sambasivam






Topics

• Why Mentors?

• Organization Approach to Mentoring

• Strategic Mentoring Culture

• Summary






Important Facts• A largest segment of women are clustered in the low-end jobs; while a smallest

segment of women are found at the higher end - This is true in IT industry too• Significant number of women would like to see themselves in senior positions of

management and even reach the higher levels of management, including becoming Directors of the company, becoming Business heads.

• Self - confidence, sense of purpose, clarity of thought, assertive in action and hard work are critical for performance and to attain greater heights in life.

• How do Women get ahead? Consistently exceeding performance expectations Successfully managing others’ Developing a style with which male managers are comfortable Having recognized expertise in specific content area Seeking out difficult or highly visible assignments

• Mentors are critical to career advancement for everybody, especially women

Source – Centre for Organization Development’s study on Women in IT submitted to Government of India






Experience Yourself

• Mentoring is a gift

• Receive the gift of mentoring before giving it to others

• Eleanor Roosevelt said ‘When we are given the gift of effective mentoring, we will feel that we can never adequately repay our mentor for giving us such a valuable gift, and we will only be satisfied by passing the gift on to others’






Mentoring – Organization Approach

• Organizations have to be learning communities

• Types of Mentoring Formal Mentoring – More focused approach Informal Mentoring – For self growth and for growth of others

• In a learning and growing Organization, there has to be Peer to Peer mentoring Expert to Novice mentoring






1. A Fresher starts here

2. Gets mentored

3. Moves up to handle clients

4. Middle Managers are

mentored

5. Select and Groom

Mentors






In Summary

• Decide where you want to be/what you want to achieve

• Find Mentors – you cannot promote yourself

• Use Opportunities given by your Organization OR Do it yourself

• Learn to ask & take Feedback – Don’t wait

• Demonstrate you are changing – manage the passages

• Impact …do not just perform

• Look the part, Act the Part, BEFORE you get the Part






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