Benefits of Mentoring

Mentoring is used in organisations to:

Aid induction and help new employees acclimatise and integrate into the working environment.
Provide support and self-development opportunities for individuals to help them reach their potential.
Motivate and encourage members of staff by helping them overcome possible frustration and understand their longer term career track/the organisation’s plans for them.
Identify potential and develop future leaders.
Facilitate better communications between different parts and tiers of an organisation.
Create a harmonious organisational culture.

For the mentee:

Easier induction into a new job and culture.
Gain self-confidence, a sense of self-worth and an understanding of their importance to the organisation.
Help in understanding the formal and informal structures of the organisation.
Career advice and a role model with regard to advancement – first hand experience of how to focus career aspirations into realistic objectives.
Tutorage on higher level processes within the organisation.
Developing skills in a structured way based on individual needs.
An opportunity to reflect on their own progress and resolve their own problems.
Improves professional and personal networks.

For the mentor:

Enhanced job satisfaction – stimulating and rewarding fresh challenge, sense of pride in mentee’s achievements.
Brings new insights into the organisation/ways of working – access to fresh thinking and new perspectives.
Enables demonstration of additional skills in developing other individuals.
Public recognition of their skills and expertise.
Consolidates and extends professional and personal networks.

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