{"id":4707,"date":"2024-10-16T13:25:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T12:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/edinburgh2024\/?page_id=4707"},"modified":"2024-11-03T10:11:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T09:11:48","slug":"lets-talk-about-mentoring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/edinburgh2024\/members-blogs-from-conference\/lets-talk-about-mentoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Talk about Mentoring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Angela Hulm, SI Bromley from notes taken by Fatima from SI Barbados.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A lively discussion panel with Sriya, Marianne & Roxanne St Clair chaired by Eleanor Evans who also invited questions from conference delegates.<\/p>\n

Sriya explained the key to mentoring was to develop a rapport with the mentee. Rapport is developed by listening carefully. The mentor’s role is to help the mentee recognise who they are and what they hope to achieve.<\/p>\n

Mentoring involves first helping the mentee to be aware of who they are, their strengths and skills, and how they wish to develop. Helping the mentee to articulate their objectives is a key part of the mentoring process.<\/p>\n

Girls Out Loud and Girls Network are 2 organisations that provide mentoring frameworks.<\/p>\n

Mentoring projects have a defined timeframe eg 6 months or a year.
\nMentees can ask for times and frequency to suit both parties.<\/p>\n

Training of mentors includes experiencing mentoring support to develop self awareness and refine skills as well as providing for example safeguarding training.<\/p>\n

Dos and don’ts:<\/p>\n