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Mentoring Origins
Mentoring Origins
Mentoring is an ancient archetype originating in Greek mythology. Mentor - a figure in Homer's Odyssey - was a wise and faithful advisor entrusted to protect Odysseus's son, Telemachus, while Odysseus sailed against Troy.
The original mentoring archetype embodied both male and female attributes. Mentor was a man but Athena, the female goddess of wisdom, assumed his form in order to guide, teach and protect young Telemachus.
So, mentoring has been around for more than 3,000 years and has deep roots.
Overview of Mentoring Models
Overview of Mentoring Models
Mentoring is a very powerful process often overlapping with teaching, counseling and coaching. The following are common models often used within mentoring programs and engagements.
GROW Model stands for Goals - Reality - Options - Way Forward. There are a few sub-models: MMM, SMART or RAW used for setting Goals
OUTCOMES Model is a more detailed version of the GROW model
JOHARI Window Model Is a matrix window into some of the mentees core values
FLOW Model Is a Five-stage model that elaborates on the JOHARI Window
SOS Model Stands for Situation - Others - Self and was developed to analyse the focus of the coaching session.
Cyclical Mentoring Model A five stage model providing more detail regarding specific mentoring sessions and can be applied to each session as well as providing an overall map to the mentoring process.
Double Matrix Model - A more specific model than cyclical model used in single session involving four elements: the Mentee, Mentor, Colleagues and work context together with a Mentoring and work matrix.
The GROW Model
The GROW Model
The Goal is the end-point, where the client wants to be. The goal has to be defined in such a way that it is very clear to the client when they have achieved it.
The current Reality is where the client is now. What are the issues, the challenges, how far are they away from their goal?
There will be Obstacles stopping the client getting from where they are now to where they want to go. If there were no Obstacles the client would already have reached their goal. Once Obstacles have been identified, the client needs to find ways of dealing with them if they are to make progress. These are the Options.
The Options then need to be converted into action steps which will take the client to their goal. These are the Way Forward. The "W" of GROW can also include When and by Whom and the Will (or intention or commitment) to do it.[1]
The OUTCOMES Model
The OUTCOMES Model
outcomes-based education (OBE) is an educational theory that bases each part of an educational system around goals (outcomes). By the end of the educational experience, each student should have achieved the goal. There is no single specified style of teaching or assessment in OBE; instead, classes, opportunities, and assessments should all help students achieve the specified outcomes.[1] The role of the faculty adapts into instructor, trainer, facilitator, and/or mentor based on the outcomes targeted.
The JOHARI Window Model
The JOHARI Window Model
The Johari window is a technique[1] designed to help people better understand their relationship with themselves and others. It was created by psychologists Joseph Luft (1916–2014) and Harrington Ingham (1916–1995) in 1955, and is used primarily in self-help groups and corporate settings as a heuristic exercise.[2][3] Luft and Ingham named their model "Johari" using a combination of their first names.
The FLOW Model
The FLOW Model
Is a Five-stage model that elaborates on the JOHARI Window
Establish Relationship
Reconise Opening
Observe / Assess
Enrol Client
Coaching conversations
The SOS Model
The SOS Model
Stands for Situation - Others - Self and was developed to analyse the focus of the coaching session.
Situation - Establishes where a mentee is at the outset of the session, what they looking to achieve and thoughts to accomplishment
Self - Mentee reconises their role in process and whether a past or future context needs to be incorporated.
Cyclical Mentoring
Cyclical Mentoring
This consists of a five stage model providing more detail regarding specific mentoring sessions and can be applied to each session as well as providing an overall map to the mentoring process.
Contract - Agreement between mentor and mentees inc ground rules, boundaries, accountability
Focus - Issue, objectives, presentation, approach, priorities
Space - Collaboration, Investigation, Challenge, Containment, affirmation
Bridge - Take stock of the process to date and see how to progress action plan
Review - Feedback, Grounding, Evaluation, Assessment, re-contracting (if necessary)
Reverse Mentoring
Reverse Mentoring
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