What constitutes good mentoring practice?  I was asked this question recently in an email and thought I'd share my quick response.

• A strong business link and need for mentoring – it has to be more than just a good idea and needs to be positioned and promoted well.
• A transparent and strong framework for how mentoring happens in the organisation, both formally and informally. 
• A way for mentoring relationships to come together, either through their own methods or via a formal selection and matching process.
• An education process that ensures mentees, mentors, line managers, and other key stakeholders understand the mentoring framework and process.
• A way to resource and support mentors and mentees, including methods of ethical and confidential support. In some cases this may also include mentor supervision and ongoing development.
• An evaluation process that gathers information relating to the personal, program and organisational outcomes of mentoring.
• A method that captures the formal aspects of a mentoring program and helps to leverage these into a mentoring culture.'

Have you got a mentoring question? Why not reach out and drop me a line. 

Yours in Mentoring

Gilly Johnson

Director & Founder