Phases in Mentoring Relationships

      
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		            		Doug Lawrence
Entrepreneur, Canada
			            
Phases in Mentoring Relationships

	          		There are a number of different research positions on the various phases of a mentoring relationship. I have condensed it down to three:
The Trusting phase
The Learning and Development phase
The Maintenance phase

Each phase provides for some outcomes that benefit the mentor and the mentee/protege in their growth. Each phase is based on the previous phase and its duration is driven by the mentor and mentee/protege.
				      
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						            	Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
												
				                Phases in Mentoring Process

													Hi Doug, looks like an interesting subject. Could you perhaps add a brief description of the characteristics of each of the 3 phases? And perhaps who thought of these phases?
				                
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						            	Doug Lawrence
Entrepreneur, Canada
												
				                Phases in Mentoring Process
The trusting phase is all about building the trusted relationship. This is where as the mentor you may need to share something personal in order to build the trust. The trusting phase can be one meeting or several, dependent on your ability to build trust.
The learning and development phase is where the heavy lifting in the relationship is done. This is where you both work together to grow personally and professionally. Initially you would meet weekly, moving to every two weeks and then to once a month.
The maintenance phase is where you are still maintaining the relationship but the meetings are less frequent and are sometimes just touching base to see how things are going. Contact can be every 6 months or perhaps once a year. This would be something that you would both agree on.

You can move back to the learning and development phase from maintenance if need be.

I came up with these three phases.

Doug.
				                
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						            	Diana Chee
Student (MBA), Singapore
												
				                Trust in All Phases of Mentoring Process

													Thanks for this. I feel that the 'trust' issue is relevant not just at the beginning but throughout ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
												
				                Phases in Mentoring or Coaching?

													According to both Professors Clutterbuck and Mbali, mentoring is a defined programme with a set aim/... Sign up
				              
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						            	David Clutterbuck
Professor, United Kingdom
												
				                Phases of Mentoring

													The phases we have defined from observation and interview are:
Rapport buildingDirection settingHei... Sign up
				              
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						            	MARTIN Christian
Consultant, France
												
				                Mentoring Relationships: Phase One TRUSTing

													I agree with Dough, building trust should be the aim of both Mentor and Mentee (or would you say Men... Sign up
				              
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						            	Angel Guevara, Spain
												
				                Trust is the Door to Mentoring and Coaching

													Trust means a peer to peer relation from one person with the other, for example from coach to manage... Sign up
				              
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						            	MARTIN Christian
Consultant, France
												
				                Trust is Key in Team Mentoring and Coaching

													@Angel Guevara: Yes, Angel, and I think it doesn't only apply to one on one relationships, it's even... Sign up
				              
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						            	Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
												
				                Mentoring, Apprenticeship and Trust

													In the good, old, bad days an apprentice was assigned to a journeyman for training. There was no con... Sign up
				              
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