For us at Pro-Vision Solutions Inc. we've found One-to-One Mentorship to be a valuable process for entrepreneurs who are starting and growing their business ventures. In our experience, the mentoring relationship is increasingly more effective when developed over time. Many formal mentoring programs use one year as a standard for the matching of mentoring pairs. This seems to be reasonable in our experience, as it takes time for mentoring relationships to develop. Both Mentees and Mentors will likely gain benefit from the relationship and in some cases, the mentoring relationship continues into subsequent years. Having said that, it's not unusual for the changing needs of the Mentee and experience of their Mentor to bring both to a realization that further development of the Mentee warrants a change. That's where a transition in the relationship is beneficial. We still recommend a formalized mentorship program, but recognize that other forms of mentorship can add some value.
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| Dr. William A. Gray, President - Corporate Mentoring Solutions Inc. |
Types of Mentoring:
- Informal Mentoring
- Mentoring Initiatives
- Formalized Mentoring
- Institutionalized Mentoring
- Mentoring Culture
To talk further on this, we're pleased to introduce Dr. William A. Gray, President of Corporate Mentoring Solutions Inc. We had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Gray and his wife (Marilynne) on one of our trips to Victoria, BC a few years ago. They warmly welcomed us into their home when we were on the Island. Both of them have done a tremendous amount of research in areas of mentorship.
Dr. Gray has a BA (psychology), a Med (educational psychology) from the University of Virginia and PhD (educational psychology) from the University of Texas. He has taught educational psychology courses at the University of British Columbia (1970-85), where he first began developing Formalized Mentoring Programs. Through research and development, he discovered how to define, design, align and deliver essential Program components to produce intended Outcomes that benefit individual proteges, their mentors, and the sponsoring organization.
OUR VIDEO: Dr. Gray provides some additional insights on this topic and his personal introduction to Mentorship.
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