Coaching and Mentoring

Robert McLemore

Lisa Wright

Coaching & Mentoring

Listen Pay Attention

Coaching & Mentoring

Unique Needs

Coaching & Mentoring

Coach

Mentor

Coach

Someone who develops skills and capabilities in another person or in a group of people (a team)

Forms of coaching:• Discussion• Lecture• Critique• Guided practice

What Coaches Do• Provide task direction and vision• Provide skill instruction• Build team and individual capabilities• Provide resources• Facilitate external relationships for

individuals and teams• Transfer responsibility for success to the

team • Support the growth and progress of

individuals in the program

Tips: Good Coach

• LISTEN!!!!!• Supply energy• Provide focus• Provide information• Influence, don’t control• Recognize team and individual success• Recognize what’s right versus what’s

wrong• Value differences • Evolve and grow with the team’s life

cycle

Mentor A trusted guide and advisor

What Mentors Do

• Advise, support, provide guidance• Help develop an understanding of

“culture” and life in the unit• Instill attitudes and values• Aid in retention in the program • Provide opportunity to help a

person grow through discovery

Tips: Good Mentor

• LISTEN!!!!!!• Provide a safe environment

Keep confidences

• Build trust early• Share through personal

experiences• Offer suggestions

Coaching & MentoringCoaching Mentoring

Goals •Correct inappropriate behavior•Improve performance•Impart skills

Support & guide the personal growth

Initiative Coach directs the learning & instruction.

Mentee is in charge of learning.

Focus Immediate problems & learning opportunities

Long-term personal development

Roles Heavy on telling with appropriate feedback

Heavy on listening, providing a role model, & making suggestions and connections

Coaches & Mentors

G.A. Moore

Yoda

Debrief

Summary

• Listen!!!• Always something you don’t

know• Coaching helps people grow• Coaches are committed

Summary

• Mentors do heavy listening• Mentors build long term

relationships• Mentors support and guide• Mentors help clarify• Neither knows it all

– No one ever does

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