What is mentoring?
"Mentoring is for the mentee. Most of all, for the mind of the mentee.
I think that Mentoring needs to focus on and develop the mentee's finest independent thinking about their work, their career, their life, their dreams.
The Mentor's perspective is an important ingredient in this special relationship. But it feeds. It is not the feast".
Nancy Kline, More Time to Think 2009Personal development activities Tag cloud
Southampton Personal Best MENTORING
Who is Southampton Personal Best for?
Southampton Personal Best is a unique career mentoring programme supported by the EPSRC and developed through a collaboration between the Diversity Office and the Professional Development Unit at the University of Southampton.
The programme aims to develop staff across the University by linking them to the support of more experienced colleagues.
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March 25, 2013
Posted By : Kate Dickens How resilient are you?
Resilience is how you bounce back from whatever life throws at you, the capacity to cope with change and in other challenging situations and of managing stress and uncertainty, that could get in the way of you achieving, amongst other things, career development and work/life balance. This activity will help you to: think about your […]
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March 24, 2013
Posted By : Kate Dickens Wheel of life – work / life balance
This activity will help you to: Take a snapshot of your Work/Life Balance TODAY. Find out what is important to you alongside your career and where is your ‘wheel’ most out of balance? Activity instructions 1. Download and print off a copy of the Wheel of Life activity (Microsoft Word document) 2. It is important that you […]
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What motivates you?
It is often believed that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is with the “carrot and stick” approach, and in particular for the reward to be money-related. Research from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) has shown that the “carrot and stick’ approach can only have a limited influence on motivation in today’s world. […]
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