Partnering for Success peer mentoring and coaching programs are at the cutting edge of training and development techniques:
- they employ a blend of proven learning methods - mentoring, coaching and self discovery
- can be completed at times best suited to the individual or the organisation
- do not require specialised or senior experts to act as mentors and
- importantly provide a measurable financial return to the organisation on the money invested developing the individual employee/member.
The entry cost is relatively low and the programs can be branded to suit individual corporations/community groups
The programs are designed such that the experience and education of the participant establishes the depth and complexity of their response. In other words, the participants set their own benchmark or degree of difficulty.
This in turn makes the programs suitable for all levels within the organisation. In fact the entire workforce can be engaged in Partnering for Success programs, thereby creating a positive cultural change in your organisation or community group.
The most valuable asset of any organisation is its people. Partnering for Success programs give you the tools to enhance that asset on an individual basis and to engage all employees/members at a creative level to enrich your corporate culture.
The Partnering For Success Program essentially has three main elements:
1. Professional development program
Instead of the traditional hierarchical mentoring, two people on a similar level partner to undertake this program.
At agreed time periods (e.g. fortnightly, monthly) the participants complete a professional development topic and when the topic has been completed, they meet with their 'partner' who is also doing the program.
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2. Participants learn to become mentors and coaches, creating a positive cultural change within your organisation
Working through structured discussion sheets, the partners challenge each other with regard to what they have learned and implemented during each activity.
One of the keys to being an effective mentor and/or coach is knowing how to ask the right questions, not necessarily having all the answers. By working through the structured discussion sheets, the participants already have the questions available to them in a format that is appropriate for effective mentoring and coaching.
3. Measurable return on your investment (ROI)
The third element to the program is the ROI. Over the course of the program the participants, either by themselves or with their partner, complete a workplace-based improvement project. This is where they identify something within their workplace/community group that either is not working and they can see a possible way to make it work, or something that is working however they can see a possible way to make it work better and to raise the benchmark.
Over the course of the program they do some research, complete a basic cost-benefit analysis and prepare a written report on their workplace-based improvement idea, thus providing identifiable ROI.
Additionally, there are regular feedback sheets and a 360 degree instrument process at the beginning and the end of the program, as well as program evaluations at selected points and program conclusion.
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