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Developing continuous learning processes

Developing continuous learning processes

From the course: Developing a Mentoring Program

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Developing continuous learning processes

- Have you ever had the experience of joining a new gym, and meeting with a trainer who trained you on all of the shiny new equipment, then, the next time you went, you couldn't remember any of the new exercises, and you just felt really disengaged? The same phenomena can occur with mentoring training. The key to success in both of these situations is to go beyond the first training session and provide ongoing support. I'm going to give you three suggestions to help mentors and proteges stay engaged and keep learning continuously in your mentoring program. My first suggestion for continuous learning is to follow up with mentors and proteges periodically. I recommend that you follow up within a month of the first training session, and then again at the halfway point. The follow ups can be official, in the form of an online survey, or informal, like a personal call. If you do this, then you can keep your finger on the pulse of the program and intervene to provide coaching and resources…

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