A component of the CSU CONTINUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK: aligning the professional development needs of staff with organisational priorities to enable the University to achieve its strategic directions
The Benefits of Mentoring
(Britnor Guest, 2001)
For the Organisation
- Greater productivity and profitability
- Improved communication
- Two-way loyalty - collegiality
- Reduced staff turnove
For the mentor
Professional -
- Satisfaction of being able to transfer skills and knowledge accumulated through extensive professional practice
- Opportunity to re-examine own practices, attitudes and values
- Refinement and development of skills of observation, listening and questioning
- Opportunity to discuss professional issues
- Investment in the future
- Professional assistance on projects
- Revitalised interest in own work
- Fulfilment of own development needs
- A shared teaching and learning endeavour
Personal -
- Enhanced self esteem
- Enhanced emotional intelligence
- Close relationship with mentee
- Feeling of sense of purpose and shared values
- Pleasure in seeing the mentee grow
- Feeling of less isolation as a professional
For the mentee
Professional -
- Recipient of accumulated organisational wisdom
- Access to mentor's professional networks
- Advice and support around specific individual situations
- Practical insights into the real world
- New insights into own behaviour and practices
- Understanding of current and future organisational parameters
- Socialisation into a new professional role or organisation
- Improved promotion opportunities
- Acquisition of fine-tuning of skills, knowledge and understandings
- Recognition of and an opportunity to achieve potential
Personal -
- Increased self-confidence
- Increased self-awareness
- Enhanced self-esteem
- Enhanced emotional intelligence
- Reduced feelings of isolation
- Support and reassurance
Resources
The attached documents contain a list of resources which may assist mentors or mentees who wish to further their knowledge or skills of mentoring.
- Mentoring Resources [DOC] - These resources were used to compile the information on this website.
- Mentoring Resources held at CSU [DOC] - a search of the CSU Library catalogue (current as at 3/8/05)