Some ideas and practical tips on the skill of listening empathetically.

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If you want to promote or use mentoring in your organisation, you need to train and support them. Here are some Ideas for what to include in mentor training.

The second in my series of daily blogs for National Mentoring Day on 27th October. A practice share and some ideas on reflective practice in mentoring.

As National Mentoring Day approaches, I’ll be offering some daily blogs on mentoring practice sharing, books & articles, skills and tools and more.

From an early age we are curious and ask questions.  And we are encouraged to give answers too.  But we are rarely taught how to phrase and ask the 'right' question.

Holding great conversations on the telephone takes a few additional skills when you can't see the other person.  Work on your voice and physiology will bring good outcomes.

How to coach the "O" in GROW and why it's important to generate options

Exploring some ideas about coaching the W of GROW

Ideas for how to manage the "R" of the GROW model when coaching along with some good questions to ask.

Setting goals is important when coaching.  Some thoughts.

Top tips for mentees.  There's plenty of training and support for mentors, but what if you are the mentee?