[Ailist] Re: Appreciative Mentoring

[McKenna Maureen]

> In my experience, mentoring works best when you can sit down  
> together and define (co-construct) what the term mentor 'mentor'   
> means for both of you and create a shared image of what you both  
> want to achieve (Definition phase of the 5D Model). Once you have  
> completed this work, I believe you have a good foundation for the  
> 'mentoring' to begin. It is important (in my view) to emphasis that  
> this is a 50:50 relationship and that the person being mentored has  
> an important role to help ensure that they are getting what they  
> need to help them develop.    It truly is a learning journey for  
> both parties. I have learned that when I mentor people, I learn as  
> much (if not more) than they do. It is a great process for  
> reflection and deepening my awareness of what we are discussing (and  
> often helps me to shift and/or reframe some of my mental models /  
> long held beliefs).
>
> Marty Seligman talks about three areas for us to focus on for  
> happiness - the pleasured life, the engaged life and the meaningful  
> life. I believe that mentoring is about both the engaged and  
> meaningful life (and I have lots of fun doing it so it does touch  
> the pleasure life too). Mentoring (for both parties) is about  
> discovering and/or focusing on the strengths that help us to be  
> 'engaged' in our work and hopefully the mentor gets the added  
> benefit of experiencing the meaningful life as we focus on the  
> person we are mentoring.

Some books that I think might help are:
Dynamic Relationships by Jackie Stavros and Cherri Torres
Appreciative Living by Jackie Kelm
Appreciative Intelligence by Tojo Thatchenkery.

If you would like to have a telephone conversation, please get in  
touch with me directly - mo at thesumoexperience.com
regards
Mo McKenna
www.thesumoexperience.com

Upcoming AI Foundation Workshop in Toronto, Canada
June 9th to 12th, 2009 with Jane Magruder Watkins & Ralph Kelly

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> [mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Gervais  
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> Hi,
> I've been fortunate enough to be asked to be a formal mentor to a
> young and aspiring HR professional & was wondering if anyone on the
> list has undertaken this role & if so whether they have any materials
> they can either share with me or point me to.
> If this is the 2nd time you've seen this message my apologies, I've
> had some issues with remembering my logon for the Ailist!
> Gratefully,
> Gervais Goodman, Alberta, Canada
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