Course Description

Candidates should expect to gain knowledge in the following key areas:

  • The benefits of workplace mentoring to all stakeholders
  • High level communication skills used in the context of mentoring
  • Management of a productive mentoring relationship from drawing up a learning agreement to setting goals and reviewing achievements
  • Ethical and professional issues

Katie Copus

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Overview

    • Course Navigation

    • ICM Foundation Lesson Plan

    • ICM Foundation - Pre-course Workbook

    • ICM Foundation - Overview
  • 2

    Background to Mentoring and the Mentoring Role

    • ICM Foundation - What is a Mentor PDF.pdf

    • Mentor Mindmap

    • Discuss all of the key words that you think define a mentor.

    • Reflection 1

    • ICM Foundation - Background to Mentoring

    • What did the public figures mentioned in your pre-course reading have to say about the mentoring process?

    • 5 Famous Business Leaders on the Power of Mentorship

    • ICM Foundation - What is Mentoring?

    • Stakeholders

    • Who do you think are NOT the stakeholders within the mentoring process?

    • Reflection 2

    • ICM Foundation - Differences between Mentor and Coach

    • Mentor vs. Coach

    • Discuss any additional information you've learned since we first discussed words you felt described a mentor. Has your opinion changed since the last discussion?

    • Reflection 3
  • 3

    Understanding the Mentoring Relationship

    • ICM Foundation-Understanding the Mentoring Relationship

    • Discuss: Why be a mentor? Why be a mentee?

    • Reflection 4

    • ICM Foundation - Learning Benefits

    • Discuss what the five rules of relationship building meant to you:

    • Reflection 5

    • ICM Foundation - Relationship Building

    • Barriers to Mentoring Relationship

    • Potential Barriers to a successful mentoring relationship:

    • Reflection 6

    • ICM Foundation - Learning Contract

    • ​Select one of the examples below and discuss how you would solve the problem?
  • 4

    Mentoring Communication Skills

    • Active Listening Skills

    • ICM Foundation - Mentoring Communication Skills

    • Give Scenarios for a positive use for each of the questioning types below.

    • ICM Foundation - Positive vs Negative Feedback

    • Body Language

    • Discuss how both positive and negative body language makes you feel.

    • Reflection 7
  • 5

    Mentoring Process

    • ICM Foundation - Mentoring Process

    • ICM Foundation - Sample Mentor Log
  • 6

    Ethical Issues

    • ICM Foundation - Ethical Issues

    • ICM Mentor Code of Ethics

    • ICM Foundation - Confidentiality
  • 7

    Examination regulations

    • ICM Foundation - Exam Regulations

    • ICM Foundation Course - Candidate Survey