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The Power of Mentoring: Unlocking Strategic Benefits for Organizations

Understand the history, types, and strategic purpose of mentoring, discover the benefits for mentors, mentees, and organizations, and tackle diversity challenges in mentoring programs. Improve communication, productivity, and morale with successful mentoring resources.

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The Power of Mentoring: Unlocking Strategic Benefits for Organizations

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  1. IMAGE NTC 2016 ICE

  2. WHY MENTORING MATTERS Kenneth M. Bailey Chief Diversity Officer U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Diversity and Civil Rights 202-732-0077 kenneth.bailey@dhs.gov

  3. Discussion Points • Purpose • History of Mentoring • Definition of Mentoring • Types of Mentoring • Organizational Strategic Purpose • Mentoring Program Participants • The Formal Mentoring Process • Successful Mentoring Resources • Important Factors In Mentoring • Benefits: Mentor, Mentee, Organization • Mentoring Diversity Challenges • Diversity Benefits

  4. PURPOSE To give attendees a understanding of the mentorship process and the strategic value and benefits to mentoring.

  5. INTRODUCTIONS Interview each other and obtain information reference: • Job: agency and position • Personal background • 1 little known fact (professional or personal) Switch introduction of each other to the group

  6. HISTORY OF MENTORING • The book “The Odyssey” • Characteristics of Odysseus’ friend • Son’s Guardian – Mentor

  7. DEFINITION OF MENTORSHIP Mentorship refers to a developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps a less experienced or less knowledgeable person who is referred to as a protégé/meetee to develop in a specified capacity.

  8. TYPES OF MENTORING Formal and Informal • Management to Staff • Reverse • Situational • Group • Peer • Virtual or iMentoring

  9. MENTORING EXERCISE Complete the following statement and share it with your partner and the group: Mentors: I had a mentor(s) who Mentees: I would like a mentor who

  10. ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PURPOSE • Improve organization communication • Improve employee productivity & potential • Enhance understanding & appreciation of skills • Improve employee morale • Complement goals of training & development • Transfer knowledge

  11. THE FORMAL MENTORING PROCESS • Sign up to Participate • Participants • Attend Mentoring Orientation • Negotiate an Agreement • Develop Individual Development Plan • Roles of Participants • Mentoring Relationship Concludes • Program Evaluation

  12. SUCCESSFUL MENTORSHIP RESOURCES Self Assessment Tools • Myer Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) • DiSC Classic Personal Profile System • 360 Assessment Feedback Tool

  13. IMPORTANT FACTORS IN MENTORING • Perpetuation of vision • Pygmalion effect/Self Fulfilling Prophecy (SFP)

  14. MENTEE BENEFITS • More Knowledgeable • Increases Organizational Awareness • Increases Visibility • Enhanced Advancement Potential • Increase Productivity and Career Satisfaction

  15. MENTOR BENEFITS • Establish Close Relationships • Revitalized Interest in Work • Enhanced Self-esteem Through Recognition • Feeling of Making a Difference

  16. BENEFITSORGANIZATION • Enhanced Communication • Aid Recruitment and Retention • Cost Effective • Motivation for Senior Workers • Knowledge Transfer • Improved Succession Planning

  17. MENTORING DIVERSITY CHALLENGES Cross - Demographic Mentoring Cultural Biases Trust Behavioral Integrity 17

  18. DIVERSITY BENIFITS Diversity Goals Aided • Increases Cultural Awareness • Increases Generational Awareness • Eases Organization’s Polarization • Increase Chances For Minority Representation in Organization's Leadership

  19. MENTORING SUMMARY Those with access to mentoring indicate they have consistently benefited from their mentoring relationship; reporting higher salaries, accelerated promotions, greater career satisfaction, and higher organizational commitment.

  20. Questions

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