Mentoring at Work - A Masterclass

Central London 29th September 9.30am - 5.00pm

WAKE UP TO THE POWER OF MENTORING

While the benefits of mentoring both to corporate employees and to entrepreneurs are widely recognised many mentoring programmes are still not delivering to their full potential.

This is attributed, in part, to lack of mentor skills and training.

This thought-provoking, skills-based programme is designed to explore the essential skills mentors need and to offer practical advice and guidance on setting up or developing existing mentoring programmes. 


Masterclass overview

This is an interactive, practical day packed with insights and learning, listed below are just some of the highlights:

• Understand what mentoring is and is not
  
  
• Gain an insight into the key skills required to be a good mentor
  
  
• Approach mentoring in a way that helps ensure optimum success is achieved in all mentoring relationships
  
  
• Learn to adopt a more ‘hands off’ and empowering style when developing others
  
  
• Make informed and practical decisions about establishing and developing a mentoring programme
  
  
• Deliver a sound business case for mentoring in your organisation and appreciate how businesses profit by developing the mentoring skills of their managers
  

• Understand how mentoring forms a key part of professional and personal development
  

We pay particular attention to the skills of non-directive mentoring, where mentors enable mentees to think more for themselves and learn to solve their own problems.

Guest speakers include serial entrepreneur and mentor, Karen Darby who founded and sold SimplySwitch for £22m;  Oylmpic medallist and mentor, Leon Taylor and Learning & Development professional, Jeannette McMullen.

Who should attend

Anyone seeking to develop their skills as a mentor

Those wishing to develop a mentoring programme for their organisations


The Masterclass includes

A comprehensive mentoring workbook

Great networking opportunities - meet and hear from guest speakers who are highly successful mentors; connect with your peers from other organisations

Individual feedback for your own particular challenges


Workshop Trainers: Hilary Wilson


Hilary Wilson is one of the most experience executive coaches/mentors in the UK.  Her FTSE 100 clients include Sony BMG, Whitbread, Arcadia Group, Futijsu, Cancer Research UK and Teach First. 

In the last 22 years Hilary has coached and mentored thousands of individuals across a variety of sectors in numerous global organisations as well as supporting and training clients in developing successful mentoring programmes.  Hilary is also the author of the highly acclaimed “Little Black Book of Career Success”  - www.hilarywilson.net

Jackie Brennan


Jackie Brennan has run events, workshops and programmes to help women develop their business, mentoring and networking skills.  Jackie is the founder of FreshIdeas Events and has partnered with HSBC, BT Business, Business Link in London and London Business School to run an Inspiring Women event series reaching over 1500 attendees and a series of innovative Mentor Programmes attracting experienced and highly successful mentors. 

5 mentors on FreshIdeas’ first programme were named on Britain’s 100 Most Entrepreneurial Women list. 




Testimonials

"Hilary has been a major factor in the advancement of my career. She is quick to identify opportunities and alternative approaches whilst focusing on the big picture. I thoroughly recommend her services either on a one to one basis or in coaching/training groups."

Director, Aviva

"Hilary provides dynamic intervention which engages, challenges and motivates people to actually move forward and use the learning. Her programme has had fantastic feedback from our managers and the approach supports organisational and personal goals - a must for any organisations' learning agenda."

Gill Chapman, Head of Organisational Performance T-Mobile (UK) Limited

"I was absolutely delighted to be a mentor on the FreshIdeas Mentor programme and got huge value from it and from meeting and encouraging like minded women at the events.  In a world sadly lacking in initiatives that bring immediate benefits and rewards this programme is a real gem.”

Jo Haigh, Head of Corporate Finance and Authour of "An Entrepreneur's Guide", "Tales from the Glass Ceiling" and "The Business Rules"



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