Workforce Development Programs

Mentoring-4-Success™

Mentoring programs remain a viable approach to career and leadership development. A mentor can compensate for an individual’s lack of experience, organizational connections and influence during initial, mid and later career years. The mentoring relationship has as its core purpose the professional development of the protégé through the counsel and guidance of the mentor. The mentor provides career advancing skills to guide the protégé in positioning and presenting themselves in a manner which results in professional development.

There are several potential outcomes for mentoring to enhance:

• Protégé performance excellence
• Protégé self confidence
• Organizational Performance
• Organizational communication
• Creativity and idea exposure

A mentoring program has the potential to support individual and organizational leadership development. Through the continuing growth of the complexity of organizational performance and the demands of individual contributors, mentoring provides a resource and outlet for continuous development and learning.