Effective Coaching and Mentoring Techniques for Scientific and Technical Professionals

(One-day Workshop)

This practical, one-day workshop is designed especially for specialists in scientific and technical fields to assist them in learning and practicing coaching and mentoring techniques to integrate into their organizational cultures.
It emphasizes ways to:

• Enhance employee motivation and self-esteem
• Encourage and promote professional development
• Promote an atmosphere of trust and co-operation within the organization

Participants will complete a pre- and post-course survey.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Scientific and technical professionals interested in acquiring skills and techniques to aid them in becoming effective coaches and mentors.

YOU WILL LEARN TO:

• The difference between coaching and mentoring and the important role of each in fostering professional development
• Why scientific and technical professionals have the potential to be excellent coaches and mentors
• Four key roles that motivate and inspire confidence
• The five-step coaching method
• Mentoring: six mutual parameters for performance success
• How to give feedback constructively

COURSE OUTLINE

Scientific and technical analysis and the science of coaching and mentoring

• Defining coaching and mentoring and identifying their benefits for enhanced professional development
• Six reasons why scientific and technical professionals have the potential to excel as coaches and mentors
• Four different managerial roles and how they contribute to coaching and mentoring results

Coaching: providing high direction and high support

• When coaching is most appropriate
• The five step “coach” method: how and why it works
• Coaching self-assessment
• Coaching checklist
• Case study

Mentoring: providing low direction and high encouragement

• When mentoring is most appropriate
• The MENTOR method: how and why it works
• Six mutual parameters for mutual success
• Mentoring self-assessment
• Mentoring checklist

Giving feedback

• General guidelines
• Building a climate of trust and mutual respect
• Communicating assertively and diplomatically
• Feedback self-assessment
• Feedback checklist

Taking Action

• Planning, implementation and preparing a follow-up checklist
• Coaching and mentoring resources
• Recommended reading

For information regarding this course, please contact:

Colin Watson
Relationship Manager
J Watson Associates Inc

Tel: 905 820-9909

E-mail: sales@jwatsonassociates.com