Mentoring... for business growth and sustainability

Junior, middle and senior managers who has to fulfil a role of mentoring and business improvement(including managing talent) 

Blended course

The following topics/modules are covered:

• Role of mentors and characteristics of good mentors
• Talent management systems in organizations
• Potential; what it is and how it should be managed
• Managing performance
• Leadership in organizations
• Organizational culture, competency requirements for advancement and emotional intelligence
• Mentee accountabilities and action planning and creating a personal brand
• Assessing potential, performance and personality

The program is rich in theory and the developers share wisdom and application methods and models by making use of;

• Personal wisdom and insights,
• Theory and management models,
• Podcasts and video,
• YouTube,
• Basic individual assessments
• A systematic, generic process that demonstrates the ‘mechanics and dynamics’ of companies and how career paths can be developed and executed to ensure that businesses and the individual will benefit  

On completion of this course/article candidates will be able to:

• Describe and argue the benefits of mentoring …for the organization, mentor and individual(the Mentee/Protégé) and explain the core elements of a mentoring To define types of mentors, mentorship principles and the roles of Mentors and Mentees in the process of individual and organizational advancement
• Show more insight in how organizations are structured to ensure order, discipline and execution towards defined outcomes. Have clarity about what activities and behaviors are required at the different strata/levels in organizations. A generic model is used and clarity is given about enactments.
• Predict how organizations will change in terms of work processes and the effect that new generations of people and technology can have on enterprises. Appreciate how organizational culture can influence the output and future of companies and how mentors can make a positive contribution.
• Know what actions and processes can be applied to ensure constructive development of people capabilities and the achievement of potential. Gain more insight in the components and factors related to matching individual potential to specific job requirements.
• Identify, understand and assist to rectify behavior when capability does not align with the level of work and other organizational and social demands. Various systems are available to manage and measure performance. Learn more about the options and apply the generic principles.
• Explain and argue their understanding of the fundamentals of people behaviour,  personality, leadership competence requirements, emotional intelligence and what organizational behaviour requirements are
• Apply the significance of personal branding in individual careers and occupational preferences. Design their future state and incorporate into the overall career plan
• Leadership competencies; Understanding the type of work to be done at the different organizational levels requires leaders to also apply specific behaviors at these levels. Understanding the process of advancement and adding new skills on a continuum is important. Action personal review of leadership skills and improvement plan to enable to continuously renew
• Aligning the career development process to the requirements defined by the enterprise and accept accountability for success and failure.
• Modern day psychometric assessments are reliable and valid. It is always better to be assessed to ensure career planning and ‘fit for purpose ‘at all times. Careers and life are too short to make this vital mistake…predicting someone’s future based on ‘gut feel’ is simply not professional and will destroy value most of the time. Participants will gain more insight in the use of such tools

Assessments on theory and learning objectives are done on Seven of the modules with a total of more than 320 questions. A pass mark of 70% is a requirement for all quizzes, except quiz 2.1 which is 50% for a pass

The Marketing Association of South Africa (MASA)
15 CPD Points
Category: Non-marketing
CPD Approval Number: MAPH20003

A pass rate of 70%