UHI Mentoring Development Workshops: Defining goals and active listening

In mentoring, it is important as mentors to take time at the beginning of the partnership to help the mentee define and refine their goals and to consider what is achievable and realistic. Coaching and mentoring models can help with this task and this workshop will explore some of these, giving the participants the opportunity to try some out in a safe and experimental space. Participants should come to the workshop with a goal in mind to practice these techniques in one-to-one break out groups.

Pre-workshop task: Participants should have a goal in mind for the workshop so that they can practice goal setting with another participant. This can be a long-term or short-term goal and it can be work or home related. Participants should complete a SWOT form before attending outlining their goal.

Although participants will be encouraged to share with the wider group how they found using the techniques, they do not have to discuss the goal itself, respecting confidentiality in mentoring is fundamental to all mentoring partnerships.

Although presented as separate workshops, the four mentoring workshop sessions are purposely scaffolded to develop mentoring practice and participants are encouraged to attend all where possible. More information is provided below. Contact lta@uhi.ac.uk to book your place.

Presenter

Alex Walker, Head of Academic Practice and Development, LTA UHI

Alex began to coordinate the UHI Mentoring Scheme in 2017, as well as leading the Professional Recognition mentoring strand. Alex also mentors colleagues for professional recognition and has mentored and coached colleagues at UHI. Alex’s interest in mentoring has grown with her role, recognising and seeing the benefits that mentoring can bring, including supporting the development and enhancement of practice and connecting colleagues across location, disciplines and roles. Alex was awarded ILM Level 5 Coaching and Mentoring qualification in 2023 and in 2022 completed a MEd dissertation exploring the experiences of colleagues engaged in mentoring through the UHI scheme.

To Book

Please email events.lta@uhi.ac.uk to book a place on this event.

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