This means that they assume that the company and the Mentoring Program Manager have acted responsibly in creating the mentoring program and in providing them with all the tools they need to make the mentoring relationship work. After all, if the relationship doesn't work, the company will survive, the Mentoring Program Manager will survive, but not necessarily the affected mentoree or mentor. Careers have been damaged by mentors and mentorees who have not known what they were doing in mentoring. The objection we receive is that training takes too much time. Of course it takes time.
Time well spent in the short run, however, can reap great benefits in the long run.
One of the reasons why we have created our online training in mentoring is because of the resistance to providing time away from work for participants to receive mentoring training. However, when dealing with people's careers, one should avoid cutting corners that can be fatal. Mentoring training is a necessary component for anyone involved in a mentoring program. We've designed our workbook to be both a resource as well as a mentoring training tool. The topics covered in the outline below provide you with an overview of the contents.