Mentoring helps people as well as organizations:
To engage employees in a disciplined review of their performance and overall organizational talent
Bring HR systems into alignment
Assure continuity of key positions
To develop an efficient workforce, by enabling decision makers to look at the future performance levels of the employees and organization.
To assure new managers are prepared for their jobs
To focus on organizational effectiveness
Avoid daily work-related as well as transition problems
Mentoring should:
motivate the mentee
invite active participation of the mentee
provide continuous and constructive feedback
fulfil purpose of mentoring to meet organizational goal
fulfil purpose of mentoring to meet organizational goal
provide opportunities for applying mentoring advice
Include On-the-Job Training (OJT) opportunities
try to include away-from-the-job training opportunities
include a proper & effective implementation of mentoring plan
be delivered in an open, efficient and consistent manner
An efficient mentoring process provides support from both inside and outside. It needs to meet the individual needs of its mentees in order to achieve the organization’s goals. A mentor needs to acknowledge the hard work of mentees and appreciate them in front of others. Give them their due credit. Make them feel important. Every mentee expects his/her mentor to be polite with him/her. Lend a sympathetic ear to their difficulties in learning and performing and help them whenever possible