Mentoring
Course Specifications
Course number: 088841
Course length: 0.5 day(s)
Course Description
As you continue to grow and develop as a professional, you will increasingly be expected to use mentoring skills to help others reach their fullest potential, enhance their capabilities, and accomplish more work with fewer resources. In this course, you will identify your mentoring goals and clarify what you hope to accomplish through mentoring. You will determine the type of mentoring method that will best suit your goals, identify methods of getting started either as a protege or mentor, and identify ways of nurturing others' hidden talents, and you will explore methods of formally closing a mentor relationship. 
Course Objective: You will identify your mentoring goals and clarify what you hope to accomplish through mentoring, determine the type of mentoring method that will best suit your goals, explore ways of nurturing others' hidden talents, and consider some of the best methods for formally closing a mentor relationship.

Target Student: Managers, supervisors, and team leaders who want to use mentoring skills for enhanced professional growth.

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course.

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware Requirements
•	A Pentium III with 500 MHz (or better), or Macintosh Intel-based or PowerPC G4 (or better) processor. 
•	At least 512 MB of RAM.
•	A monitor capable of 1024 x 768 screen resolution and 32-bit color display. 
Software Requirements
•	Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP (Professional or Home Edition), Windows 2000, or Apple Mac OS X 10.4 (or higher) 
•	Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (or higher), Mozilla Firefox 2 (or higher), or Apple Safari 2 (or higher), with pop-up blocking turned off. 
•	Adobe Flash Player 8 (current version recommended).
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 
•	Identify their mentoring goals.
•	Develop mentor relationships.
•	Identify methods of closing the mentor relationship.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Identifying Your Mentoring Goals
Topic 1A: Identify Your Goals for Mentoring Others
Topic 1B: Identify Your Goals for Seeking a Mentor

Lesson 2: Developing Mentoring Relationships
Topic 2A: Begin the Mentor Relationship
Topic 2B: Develop the Mentor Relationship
Topic 2C: Nurture Untapped Talent

Lesson 3: Closing the Mentor Relationship
Topic 3A: Share What You Know
Topic 3B: Leverage Your Networks
Topic 3C: Close the Mentor Relationship