Aejaz ShaikhPM I| Alyx Technologies India Pvt LtdPune, Maharshatra, India
What mentoring skills does a Project Manager need to have in order to develop the project team and upgrade and enhance the knowledge of all the members in the project team. Saving Changes...
Aejaz ShaikhPM I| Alyx Technologies India Pvt LtdPune, Maharshatra, India
Apr 11, 2017 4:12 AM
Replying to Grace Windsor
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Hi Aejaz, I recently published an article on this topic, which you may find helpful: http://bit.ly/2p23N1F. The article looks at both coaching and mentoring and how to use these approaches to lead your project team.
Grace, excellent article, covers up almost all what is needed. Thanks.
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1 reply by Grace Windsor
Apr 14, 2017 3:14 AM
Grace Windsor
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Hi Aejaz - great, glad you liked it! Good luck with your project.
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Edward DanielsProject Manager| IndependentGlen Burnie, Md, United States
I don't think there are special skills needed to be a mentor. Formal mentoring is something i don't particularly subscribe to. However, if you see someone who you admire, then feel free to reach out to them and engage them.
As an informal mentor, I give my mentees everything that i know. We talk about what it's they are trying to achieve and I open my networks to them.
In the formal mentor/mentee, i have found it cumbersome and i have been paired with people who didn't think they could learn from my past experiences and I was officially mentored by someone who i didn't respect at all. It was a waste of both of our times. An experience i hopefully wouldn't be subject to in the nearest future. Saving Changes...
Alejandro Guerra NochezPMO Project Manager| Corporación Multi InversionesGuatemala, Guatemala
Apr 11, 2017 4:12 AM
Replying to Grace Windsor
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Hi Aejaz, I recently published an article on this topic, which you may find helpful: http://bit.ly/2p23N1F. The article looks at both coaching and mentoring and how to use these approaches to lead your project team.
hi Grace, I enjoyed reading your article. I liked the comparison between coaching and mentoring.
First what is a mentoring? if you consider "process for the informal transmission of knowledge"
Then face to face communication
Listening, questioning to help clarify and see impact
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1 reply by John Tieso
Apr 15, 2017 7:07 AM
John Tieso
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Vince:
You raise an interesting question here. Virtually everyone has a slightly different opinion of a mentor, some based on experience, some based on more of a personal perspective, but all aimed at someone who can provide knowledge when asked, and is willing to give of their knowledge freely.
As already indicated by others, I also dislike the idea of formal mentoring--since many if not most see that as they did something wrong and are being corrected. No one likes that approach, possibly not even the mentor who has to perform the duty.
Rather, I see the idea of mentoring as more of a coach, a cheerleader with knowledge who can see something happening, and offer suggestions on how to get a task done in a professional and efficient way. Depending on how suggestions are presented, they will be either accepted or rejected, but, at least in my experience, when you offer informally, people come back later with other questions and a relationship is established. That is when the real mentoring or coaching will happen.
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John TiesoAuthor, Lecturer in Business Management| The Catholic University of America, Busch School of Business & EconomicsArlington, Va, United States
Apr 14, 2017 9:22 PM
Replying to Vincent Guerard
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First what is a mentoring? if you consider "process for the informal transmission of knowledge"
Then face to face communication
Listening, questioning to help clarify and see impact
Vince:
You raise an interesting question here. Virtually everyone has a slightly different opinion of a mentor, some based on experience, some based on more of a personal perspective, but all aimed at someone who can provide knowledge when asked, and is willing to give of their knowledge freely.
As already indicated by others, I also dislike the idea of formal mentoring--since many if not most see that as they did something wrong and are being corrected. No one likes that approach, possibly not even the mentor who has to perform the duty.
Rather, I see the idea of mentoring as more of a coach, a cheerleader with knowledge who can see something happening, and offer suggestions on how to get a task done in a professional and efficient way. Depending on how suggestions are presented, they will be either accepted or rejected, but, at least in my experience, when you offer informally, people come back later with other questions and a relationship is established. That is when the real mentoring or coaching will happen. Saving Changes...
