The Benefits of Mentorship Programs
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Dr. Robin Largue discusses the many benefits to having mentorship programs in our organizations.
Reflection Activity
Does your organization have a mentorship program? If not, where would you begin to develop one?
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hello I’m Robin large and I’m a student
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eater coach and I’ve been in this
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position for about ten years and work
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with districts and organizations across
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the country to really work on something
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we call organizational excellence which
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is achieving terrific goals set by those
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particular organizations and working to
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improve the culture because we know
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culture Trump’s strategy each time but
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we need both
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before coming to student as a teacher
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and then was a building level leader a
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district leader and then had great
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opportunity to work at our local
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university and that that opportunity at
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the university really found my passion
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which is working with new leaders and as
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part of that new employees so I want to
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spend just a bit of time focusing on
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mentor programs and mentorship we know
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that mentor programs are designed to
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really help and support new employees
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new leaders in gaining skills but
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they’re also intended to help new
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employees new leaders learn the culture
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of an organization and in learning the
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culture we know that we’re going to be
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some more supportive and more
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understanding of the goals that we’re
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trying to achieve mentor programs can be
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informal where they just kind of happen
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but we’re really talking about and
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focusing on those intentional programs
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that really are very thoughtful and
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systematic about how they match mentors
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and mentees that’s the critical part of
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a mentorship program is are we looking
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at the skills of both folks and the
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abilities and perhaps personalities of
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both and trying to match those so
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they truly can create a great mentor
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relationship and it really is about
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extending that hand of relationship and
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that connects directly to the culture of
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the organization but we as an
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organization have to create those formal
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mentor programs in a way that makes
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sense
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mentor programs also can’t just be a
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check on the calendar that we meet once
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a month and we’re done but it’s more
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organic in that when the time arises in
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the need is there we have to as mentors
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and mentees agree to be a part of coming
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together in creating that good rich
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conversation we know that mentor
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programs help organizations and help
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organizations achieve the goals they
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intend but it requires being very
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thoughtful about the process and making
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mentorship a part of your culture so
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it’s not that check off but it truly is
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a commitment to one another to be a part
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of the best culture possible so I look
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forward to hearing from you and I really
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challenge you to think about what is the
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mentor program your organization
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currently has how could it be enhanced
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and if you don’t have a mentor program
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where would you begin how would you
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start
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we know mentorship is important mentor
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programs are important
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it really helps develop that great
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culture and extend that great culture
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and also moves us down that path of
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continuous improvement this is a
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learning opportunity and it’s a learning
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opportunity for all of us so I look
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forward to hearing about your
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reflections as you think about and
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continue to develop your mentor programs
