QUALITY EDUC

ATION FOR

MINORITIES (

QEM) NETWORK

TCUP LEADERSHI

P DEVELOPMENT

INSTITUTE

(LDI)COHORT

11-SESSION 111

August 5, 2009

Purposes

Leadership M

entoring

Leadership M

entoring

Purposes of

Leadership

Purposes of

Leadership

MentoringMentoring

Theory Practice

 •To provide the LEADER with opportunities to address To provide the LEADER with opportunities to address issues and concerns with a practicing leader. issues and concerns with a practicing leader.

•Enable each LEADER to experience practical, first-Enable each LEADER to experience practical, first-hand familiarity with accepted leadership concepts, hand familiarity with accepted leadership concepts, principles and practices. principles and practices.

•Provide mutually beneficial outcomes for both the Provide mutually beneficial outcomes for both the mentor and the mentee by responding to their mutual mentor and the mentee by responding to their mutual needs and concerns. needs and concerns.

Exposure to Leadership Exposure to Leadership

DomainsDomains

OrganizingOrganizing

BudgetingBudgeting

SchedulingScheduling

SupervisingSupervising

  

Active Active listeninglistening

TrustingTrusting

trustworthy trustworthy behaviorbehavior

conflict conflict resolution resolution

MenteeTECHNICALTECHNICAL INTERPERSONALINTERPERSONAL CONCEPTUALCONCEPTUAL

Big Picture thinking

VisioningStrategic thinking

Reflection 

Share and participate Share and participate with menteewith mentee

  

Help discover real Help discover real expectations as a expectations as a leaderleader

  

Assist with technical Assist with technical interpersonal and interpersonal and conceptual skills conceptual skills necessary for necessary for leadership.leadership.

Establish mutually-Establish mutually-agreeable goalsagreeable goals

Schedule regular Schedule regular appointments appointments

Suggest activities Suggest activities for working toward for working toward goalsgoals

Request assistance Request assistance from mentor for from mentor for guidanceguidance

Mentor Responsibilities

 

Mentee Responsibilities

Establish two or three Establish two or three goalsgoals

Facilitate a “mini-Facilitate a “mini-strategic plan”strategic plan”

  

Provide feedbackProvide feedback

  

Review your job Review your job description and description and organization chart with organization chart with your menteeyour mentee

  

Share what you hope to Share what you hope to achieve and vision of achieve and vision of effective leadershipeffective leadership

Invite mentor to be a Invite mentor to be a presenter for classes, presenter for classes, workshops, projectsworkshops, projects

Observe your mentor in Observe your mentor in professional situationsprofessional situations

Mentor Activities

 

Mentee Activities

Take your mentee to Take your mentee to professional professional development activitiesdevelopment activities

  

Allow your mentee to Allow your mentee to shadow your day and shadow your day and introduce them to your introduce them to your colleaguescolleagues

  

Assign meaningful tasks Assign meaningful tasks and share books and and share books and articlesarticles

  

Attend professional Attend professional workshops, workshops, conferences and conferences and seminarsseminars

Design and implement Design and implement a project with your a project with your mentormentor

Mentor Activities

 

Mentee Activities

Professional Professional satisfactionsatisfaction

Growth and development Growth and development in leadership conceptsin leadership concepts

Validation of practiceValidation of practice

NetworkingNetworking

Develop self-Develop self-confidence and confidence and competencecompetence

Improving Improving interpersonal interpersonal communication skillscommunication skills

Learning specific Learning specific leadership leadership strategies and strategies and practicespractices

Building collegial Building collegial networksnetworks

Enhancing future Enhancing future employability in employability in leadership rolesleadership roles

Mentor Outcomes

 

Mentee Outcomes

THANK YOU

MAGIC STEP ACT

IVITY

Leader Magic Steps

Getting from one place to another through mentoring, time management and action.

Mentoring, time management, and action are essential to achieving success.

The foundation of success is mentoring and guiding to achieved desired outcome.

Challenges for Mentors and Mentees

Encourage original ideas

Listen carefully when others advance ideas.

Convince each other that ideas on innovation will be honored and supported.

Trust and Communication

Mentor and Mentees

Placing the magic steps along the path in a manner that will enable crossing the toxic waste to sanctuary on Spirit Island will enable success for the project.

All leaders will be protected as long as they follow rules:

RULES Do not lose body contact with a magic step

while crossing the toxic waste. The magic step will disappear into the toxic

waste and be lost forever as a resource to the group.

Mentees must follow the guidance of their mentor. They are blindfolded and need to trust what

they are being told.

Mentors must provide appropriate guidance and adhere to the (15) minute timeline. The toxic waste explodes and all is lost.

What Happened

How did the Mentor guide the mentees in tackling the challenge of crossing toxic waste blindfolded?

How did the Mentee’s respond to the guidance of the Mentor?

Did the Mentee’s voice ideas that the mentor did not hear ?

What emotions characterized the role of the Mentor? Mentee?

Implications

Upon reflection, are there things the Mentor’s would have done differently?

Were you satisfied with the guidance you gave to the role of mentor?

Did the mentee trust, feel safe with the guidance of the mentor?

Did the time element influence the strategy?

How did the threat of losing your magic steps affect your performance?

Does the element of time, trust, guidance affect real leadership situation? HOW?

Magic StepsIn your view, what do “magic steps” stand for?

What was your reaction to the loss of magic steps?

What are parallels between losing magic steps and real losses that occur in professional situations?

APPLICATION

Are there activities or strategies similar to ones you learned in this exercise that you ought to incorporate into your leadership work?

REFLECTIONS

What might help you fulfill your vision as exemplified by Spirit Island?

How will you ensure that your fear of loss does not inhibit taking risks?

How can you as a leader/mentor get everybody in your team from one point to another over difficult times that are likely to demand risk taking?