Reverse Mentoring
Training for reverse mentors to develop their skills in working with senior staff
Training package: Reverse Mentoring
Suitable for: organisations looking to improve communication and skill sharing between incoming and established team members. Reverse mentoring sees younger or less experienced members of staff mentor a senior or executive level individual. Reverse mentors can impart new skillsets, prompt reviews of current operating policies and procedures, and provide a fresh perspective to help their mentees explore new possibilities.
Course overview: This training allows reverse mentors to develop their skills in working with senior staff. The concept of potentially challenging a more senior colleague can be daunting, which is why our course emphasises building mentor’s confidence in the value of their unique experiences, along with best practice for developing discussions. Modules cover the practicalities of structuring mentoring sessions, examining the underpinning ethos and attitudes of their workplace, and how to constructively challenge assumptions.
Even when participants are keen to embrace the benefits of reverse mentoring, the shift in the traditional relationship dynamic can occasionally prove difficult to adapt to. As part of this package, senior staff who are intended to be mentees complete their own introductory training. This covers accepting challenges, unconscious bias, constructive self-examination and reciprocal encouragement of their mentor throughout the process.
This training can be delivered by our team directly to your perspective mentors as a 1 day class (either virtually or in person). The mentee’s modules are delivered virtually in pre-recorded units with associated activities.
There is also the option for a ‘training the trainer’ approach, wherein we train your team on how to deliver the Reverse Mentor course themselves.
Guideline Costs: £275 + VAT per learner
£800 + VAT ‘train the trainer’ (includes registration and training for 2 trainers)
£75 + VAT per learner you train
For more information contact us by email hello@thementoringschool.com or by phone 02381 120010