by Coaching at Work | Jan 3, 2019 | Articles, Mentoring |
Lis Merrick explores the mentor’s confidence and how to develop it Mentors should feel self-assurance and confidence in their role. However, there is also a balance between healthy confidence as a mentor and those mentors who spend most of the mentoring session...
by Coaching at Work | Nov 2, 2018 | Articles, Mentoring |
When training internal coaches and mentors, clients regularly ask me: What would you expect to cover in each curriculum? And can you use the same content for both roles? There are overlaps, so you can use the same content for parts of the coach and mentor preparation....
by Coaching at Work | Aug 30, 2018 | Articles, Mentoring |
In this column we explore how to design effective mentoring to support intern programmes. Lis Merrick reports The internship market is changing. Entry-level jobs have been turned by some employers into internships with no paid holiday or benefits and are sometimes...
by Coaching at Work | Jul 8, 2018 | Articles, Mentoring |
There are several reasons why formal mentoring programmes don’t succeed. Lis Merrick explains how you can avoid the common pitfalls Why do mentoring programmes fail? Here are my top nine problems to watch out for when designing and running a programme. Poor...
by Coaching at Work | Apr 13, 2018 | Articles, Mentoring |
A further exploration into some of the darker aspects of mentoring as Lis Merrick considers how dependency and intimacy can evolve in mentoring relationships After covering power and transference in mentoring in the last issue, I felt it appropriate to consider some...
by Coaching at Work | Feb 23, 2018 | Articles, Mentoring |
Shining the light on the ‘darker side’ of mentoring, Lis Merrick explores how mentees can feel under pressure to ‘please’ or be compliant with their mentors Working in mentor supervision with talent, graduate and diversity programmes in recent years, I have become...
