What resources are helpful for internal coaches and mentors?
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After implementing a mentoring or coaching program, the momentum and motivation are easily maintained with continued support and communication. With the buy-in created at all levels, as discussed in an earlier blog from this series, create opportunities for communicating positive results. Some organizations do this through an internal blog or bulletin board, some use a newsletter, and others add coaching or mentoring updates to the agenda in meetings.<\/p>\n
Support for a coaching or mentoring program is demonstrated by ensuring necessary and helpful resources are available. Resources often include:<\/p>\n
* Time \u2013 either pre-determined or flexible<\/p>\n
Let participants know that coaching or mentoring is part of their work day.<\/em><\/p>\n * Space \u2013 small meeting rooms or even break rooms<\/p>\n Post which rooms are available, and when they are available, for coaching or mentoring sessions.<\/em><\/p>\n * Information \u2013 recommended books library<\/p>\n Provide a library of books that mentors or coaches want to recommend.<\/em><\/p>\n * Skill Development tools \u2013 coaching and mentoring processes indentify skills to develop<\/p>\n Provide access to training classes, online training, or even recorded training programs.<\/em><\/p>\n * Encouragement and Recognition \u2013 when individuals being coached or mentored achieve results<\/p>\n Celebrate the successes of participants in the way they prefer.<\/em><\/p>\n Coaching and mentoring programs create the opportunity to positively engage everyone in an organization. This supports individuals and companies to grow and succeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What resources are helpful for internal coaches and mentors?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\n