If you die today, what will

happen after your

death?
The Essentials of Mentoring

Christian Elongue
 Mentor, African
Changemakers
Fellowship
 Objectives

SHARE KEY PROVIDE INFORMATION

INFORMATION FOR AND STRATEGIES
DEVELOPING AN NEEDED TO DEVELOP
EFFECTIVE MENTORING MUTUALLY SATISFYING
RELATIONSHIP AND MENTORING
INITIATIVES FOR YOUNG RELATIONSHIP
AFRICANS
Plan
 Activity 1

WHAT IS MENTORING ? CAN ANYONE BE A WHAT IS THE #CE BETWEEN A

MENTOR/COACH/COUNSELOR/TEACHER?
MENTOR/MENTEE?
 WHAT?

 ongoing, structured relationship with a trusted

individual aimed at developing the competence and
potential of the mentee

 Odysseus, Telemachus, Mentor

 Key elements in mentoring:
 Person
 Process
 Product
 Myths about mentoring

Mentors are not Mentors must choose A mentor cannot be a You must have only A mentor must be
needed when you are their mentees mentee (Reverse one mentor older than the mentee
gainfully employed mentoring)
 Mentoring culture

How do we mentor in Africa? Have you ever been mentored Have you ever be mentored by
by someone from the other sex? someone younger than you?
 WHY?

IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO YOUNGEST POPULATION SECURE YOUR LEGACY KNOWLEDGE SHARING

RAISE A CHILD IN THE WORLD.
 Mentoring is about building a legacy

 Jesus Christ never build a building

 He built people. People outlast building.
 The greatest investment in life is in people.
 We build structure to build people (leaders)
 A true leader leads in humility through service.
 A true leader want people to be bigger than him.
 Mentoring & Leadership

 True leader do not focus on themselve, but on other people

 Authority and power is for distribution. Life is about distribution.
 Authority and power is for distribution. Life is about distribution.
 Good leaders EMPLOY people people, Great Leaders DEPLOY other peope. (Mt 28:19)
 Leadership is not measured by how many people serve you, but how many people you serve.
 Elijah vs Elisha (Cloth), David Vs Solomon (Crown), Jesus Vs Peter (Church)
Reflection
Activity 2: Why mentoring is critical?

 Everything we have has been received from someone else.

 There is no success without successors.
 In foreign countries, there are national mentoring program from SHS to University.
 How can we solve that?
 Why do we have a lack of leadership or great leaders in our countries?
 Because the oppressor did not share what he knew.
 How to grow cane and coton. Education system. Don’t teach how to turn coton into a cloth.
 You must mentor !
 Leadership & True leadership
 “Leadership is the capacity to influence others through inspiration generated by a passion motivated by avision, birthed by conviction, produced by a purpose.”
Dr. Myles Munroe
 True leadership is a buy product of a process
 Leader never seek to be leader
 Purpose – Conviction – Vision – Passion – Inspiration – Influence
Some mentoring
initiatives in Africa PLO LUMUMBA
MENTORSHIP
PROGRAM
EMENTORING
AFRICA
THE AFRICAN
YOUTH
MENTORSHIP
YALI
MENTORING
PROGRAMME
NETWORK
(AYMN)
 WHO?

Have you ever Have you ever been Can anyone be a

mentored? Was it mentored? mentor?
formal or informal?
Activity 3

Is there any leader that Why? Name 3 qualities

you admire? or values

Do you also portray What do you need to be

them? an effective mentor?
WHERE?

Offsite Vs Workplace
Online

School Home
WHEN?

Child

Teens

Young Adult

Young Graduate

Young Professional

Lifelong mentoring
 HOW?

Not a magical solution Practices makes perfect. Ubuntu: I’m because you
are

Values : integrity, A relationship-centred

communalism, cohesion, paradigm
respect, generosity, care,
consensus and tradition
Activity 4

TAKE A SHEET OF PAPER WRITE A PERSONAL FOLD & SHARE IT WITH THE
SECRET ON IT PERSON BEHIND YOU.
Individual barriers to mentoring

Challenges Solution
 Trust  Training
 Time or lack of commitment  Time management skills
 Competence of the mentor  Formalising orientation
 Poor communication skills  Clearly define expectations
 Personality differences  Allow multiple level of communication
 Lack of funding  Emotional intelligence
 Mentee not taking initiative  Implementing policies
 Gender & power dynamics
 Lack of realistic expectaction from the mentee
How to start a mentoring program?

4. Who is the
3. Why a mentoring 5. Structure of
customer? (target
1. What is the primary 2. What problem are program? (as mentoring program
population?
goal of this program? you solving? opposed to another (one-on-one?
consumer?
kind of program.) groups? how many?)
beneficiary?)

9. Are resources
6. Who will be 7. What advisors, 8. What are program
available? (Any
responsible long-term experts are needed constraints?
budget or staff?
for the program, if it to make this program (funding? location?
What are the limits of
continues? succeed? schedule? process?)
these resources?)
Some feedback from mentees
 Thank You
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