Mentoring for communicators

• Reviewing or creating an internal communication strategy
• Launching the new mission
• Aligning communication channels to achieve your communication goals
• Building support for your company values at every level in the business
• Ensuring your ‘big launch’ engages the right people
• Positioning a new leader
• Opening up feedback
• Creating the right culture through communication
• Managing the priorities

InComms consultancy partner, Saffron House, can help you improve your communication effectiveness and increase your ability to lead and influence change. Our skilled professional has previously headed up internal communication in three FTSE 100 businesses and has is fully qualified through the Diploma in Leadership Mentoring and Executive Coaching, Institute of Leadership & management.

When to use a mentor

• When you have an inexperienced team member who’s been thrown into the deep end
• If you don’t have the time or experience yourself to help out
• When the project’s high risk, and you’d like a bit of extra expertise
• Or you want someone who’s done it before to talk through the process, brainstorm ideas, help see it through

Principles

• A mentor is usually appointed by a manager to support a valued member of his team who needs targeted support on specific project.
• The mentor gives one-on-one support to the mentee, and reports back to the manager.
• Focus is on achieving the immediate business priority whilst building the knowledge, skill and confidence of the mentee.
• A kind of ‘teacher pupil’ relationship which assumes skill and talent on all sides.

How it works

1. Contracting meeting between manager, mentee and mentor to set clear project and development objectives.
2. Mentor and mentee work together to create project plan showing objectives, timelines, key deliverables, performance goals.
3. Mentor and mentee work together to deliver the plan.
4. Regular meetings between mentor and mentee to review the project plan eg two hours a week, plus telephone support when needed.
5. Mentor focuses on giving the mentee the skills and support to deliver the task.
6. End of project review (attended by manager, mentee and mentor)
7. Mentor provides written review including development suggestions for mentee.

If you, or a member of your team, could benefit from mentoring, call us for a discussion - 01285 644425 or email enquiry@saffronhouse.net.