YBI Mentoring Programme

Manager series

02 November 2023
Webinar 4
Webinar Series Objectives
● Compare your current mentoring programme with
our YBI Mentoring Standards
● Understand & apply the ten-step process towards
mentoring excellence
● Access techniques and tools aimed at making your
programme more resilient and relevant
● Share challenges mentoring managers are
experiencing
● Access YBI mentoring experts
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Overview of the MPM series

● 24 May – Session 1. 10 steps framework – Standards &

Diagnostic
● 12 July – Session 2. Discussion of Diagnostic, improvement
ideas and introduction of Mentor & Mentee manual
● 06 September – Session 3. Mentoring Programme Managers
Manual with templates. Mentor and Mentee induction training
● 02 November – Session 4. Mentor Advanced Training (ToT)
Mentoring development plans 2024
● Coaching follow up sessions after each webinar

All live webinar sessions 1.00 – 2.30pm GMT

Coaching sessions 2.00 - 3.30pm GMT 3
Today’s agenda

• Introduction to Webinar 4
• Introduction of 3 Mentor Advanced Training (ToT)
• Work in groups
• Review mentoring year to date
• Improvements in mentoring programmes 2024
• Work in groups
• Coaching follow up

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Introduction of 3 Mentor
Advanced Training (ToT)

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Why Advanced Training?
• Mentors need to add to their repertoire after induction training
as they experience different challenges in the mentoring
relationship
• Enabling mentoring programmes to offer ongoing mentor
education and training as part of the mission towards continuous
improvement
• Ongoing mentor development enhances support and
quality outcomes for mentees
• Mentors can share their experiences and network with their
peers
• Mentors experience an organisation that cares about its people
by supporting and recognising its most precious assets, its
volunteers
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ToT 1. Mentoring in times of change & uncertainty

Content:

• Managing transitions: Kubler-Ross Chage Curve

• Behavior in stress situations
• Powerful questions
• Case study - Controlling the controllables
• Check list - How to survive & thrive in times of
change & uncertainty (Adenike Adeyemi, FATE)
• Useful tips 7
ToT 2. Soft skills in mentoring

Content:

• The Mentoring Way

• Building Trust
• Listening; What it means in practice
• Importance of empathy
• Questions & mentoring conversations
• Preparing & running a mentoring session
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ToT 3. Mentoring Tools & Techniques

Content:

• Mentoring tools & techniques; the benefits and

downsides
• Creative problem solving
• Building resilience
• Effectuation
• Having difficult conversations
• Exploring mentors' favourite tools & techniques
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Work in groups (10 mins)

3 Mentor Advanced training (ToT)

What did you find helpful?

What was missing?
What further mentoring support do you need?

Appoint spokesperson for reporting back in plenary

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Reflections - 10 mins

Summary of discussions
•Highlights?
•Further support?

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Review mentoring year to
date

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Ten steps to implement a quality
mentoring programme

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The wheel survey

Time to reflect on how your

mentoring programme has improved
since your participation on the MPM
series. Scan the QR code with your
phone or check the chat box for the
link to the questionnaire. You can
then compare where you are NOW
with where you were at the start.

Thanks!
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Improvements in your
mentoring programmes 2024

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Action planning - work in groups (10 mins)

Your mentoring plan for 2024 - Focus on the What, the Why, the How

• What – one sentence goal

• Why – rational
• How – plan how to achieve this goal
– What will we start doing in the programme?
– What will we continue doing?
- What will we stop doing?

Share with colleagues

Appoint spokesperson for reporting back in plenary 17
Reflections - 10 mins

Summary of discussions
•Highlights?
•Further support?

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Coaching - session 4

• 15 November, 2 pm GMT (link in the chat, please

register after the session )
• Time duration: 90 minutes max
• In depth analysis of challenges,
(connecting with project plans implementation)
• Three groups, three facilitators (2 English, 1
Spanish)
• Access by Zoom
• Action learning aproach
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Feedback
Please tell us your opinion about
today's webinar

And finally, please complete a

survey (5 minutes) you can scan the
QR code with your phone or check
the chat box for the link.

Thanks!
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Thank you!

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