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Fostering Mentoring Relationships

The course covers the benefits of mentoring programs for employees, mentors, and the organization as a whole and explores the differences between mentoring and coaching relationships.

What you will learn:

• identify the benefits of workplace mentoring for mentees, mentors, and organizations;
• distinguish between examples of coaching and mentoring relationships;
• identify what makes mentoring programs successful;
• distinguish between the four types of mentoring;
• recognize the advantages of formal mentoring relationships; and
• identify benefits of informal mentoring relationships.

Contact your Human Resource or Training Office for information on the course availability at your agency. 

Statement of Expectations: In order for participants to have a successful and effective mentoring relationship, it is important for both individuals to understand the expectations and parameters of their partnership.