Here is a small collection of resources about mentoring and links to useful articles.

Introduction to mentoring – a short handout about what it is, and why it’s useful.

The role of the mentor – This was put together for an internal mentoring programme so it many not be 100% aligned with your own programme, but hopefully there’s lots of useful ideas about the different hats that mentors need to wear.

Tips for the Mentor – some ideas about the behaviours that mentors need to adopt to be successful.

Tips for the Mentee – How mentees get get the most out of the experience.

This process by Dialogi via Jackie Clifford is a nice one for mentors to follow when having mentoring conversations.

Egan’s Skilled Helper model is also work a look. It’s technically a counselling tool, but can work well for mentoring too.

The Mentor’s Guide – A pdf book found on the internet which is pretty comprehensive and practical

And now for a some helpful websites…

This article explains the different types of mentoring approaches you can have, whilst this article: 8 Steps to Designing a Mentoring Programme is straight forward with practical tips.

3-Step Goal Setting – shared by Soozi Parker. Aimed at setting goals for mentoring, but can be applied elsewhere.

Free ebooks on mentoring – papers, articles, guides and complete books, not just excerpts!

One-stop-shop for resources, toolkits and apps. They seem to be selling a system, but the freebies are good quality.