Leads: John Cull, Mentoring Consultant, Wow Matters. Hoang Anh Thi Le, Operations Manager, YBI.

1. 26 May 2010
Mentoring Beyond the Basics
with John Cull

2. What we will cover …
• A practical session which explores some of the key and
current mentoring challenges facing the network
• Opportunities to share best practices and knowledge
within the network
• Greater use of the mentoring toolkit
• And in the longer term – more effective mentoring
programmes!

3. Some great mentoring relationships...

4. What do they all have in common?

5. An absolute belief in the ability of their
mentee to succeed

6. Mentoring helps to build:
Self confidence
Self reliance
Realising own potential

7. When things go wrong....

8. Performance
suffers!

9. What makes an effective mentoring
programme?

10. • Recruitment & Screening
• Training mentors & mentees
• Mentor & mentee matching
• Monitoring
• Motivation & retention
• Evaluation
Ref: YBI mentoring toolkit

11. Group work

12. • What are your thoughts on the points raised
from the presentation?
• What are YOUR challenges?
• How have YOU resolved those challenges / if
you have resolved them?

13. Does it work?
Businesses still trading …
75% after 5 years – Barbados
96% after 3 years – Canada
100% to date – Russia

14. Mentee
Mentor Coordinator
Mentoring
Programme

15. “If the YBP had not provided me with a mentor, I
would not have made some of the better business
choices because I wouldn't have known any
better” - Entrepreneur