Mentee resources
If you're joining the program as a mentee, the curated collection of resources here will help you make the most of your mentoring experience — from getting in the right mindset, to asking good questions along the way; keeping focussed on follow up actions to sharing feedback with your mentor.
The Mentorship Program ties in purposefully with our Competency Model and the principles of leading with Smart, Heart and Courage; helping us to mutually bring these principles to life, and unlocking the potential in others.
When it comes to questions, you get out what you put in. But what makes a good question? And what kinds of questions tease out actionable next steps? In this handy resource we’ll work through some examples, demonstrate some helpful reframing and leave you clearer on how to get curious with purpose.
In this short film, mentor programme founder Isabel Farchy shares perspectives on how mentees can mutually make the most of the opportunity offered by mentoring.
Like mentoring, coaching is simply a conversation between two people. When done right, it should feel like the best conversation about you that you’ve ever had. Here’s how it works – and why accredited coach Liz Whitney thinks it’s the future of work.
This bitesize eCourse (you can work through it in 15 minutes) will help you keep in mind the most important relational skill of all — listening well. A key skill for making the most of a mentoring relationship.
Creative talent specialist Rachel Gott helped to establish Who's Your Momma — a mentoring programme run for women working in the creative industries. In this film Rachel explains some important considerations, to ensure both mentor and mentee make the most of a match.
‘Can-If’ statements, shared in the brilliant book You Coach You, are intentional gear-shifts away from fixed modes of thinking that allow us to see positives, and practical ways forward in all kinds of contexts. They're a timely tool for turning up our confidence, and really simple to get started with.
Get some powerful perspective at moments of self-doubt, by trying out this simple ‘distancing’ technique. It’s encouraged by psychologist and author of Chatter Ethan Kross, and expanded upon by Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis in their book You Coach You. Here’s how you can use it.