gilbert grymonprez june 2010 how to become a plato mentor tips and practical experiences gilbert...

Gilbert Grymonprez june 2010

How to become a PLATO mentor Tips and practical experiences

Gilbert GrymonprezAlcatel / GGC

PLATO


How to become a good mentor ?

Colleague - mentor

SME

Group / Sessions

Coordinator

Your Company


Your Company

Colleague - mentor

SME

Group / Sessions

Coordinator

Your Company


Your Company

• Know the expectations .

• Be aware of the impact on your daily work.

• Make arrangements inside your company.

• Inform your boss and your colleagues.


Your Colleague-mentor

Colleague - mentor

SME

Group / Sessions

Coordinator

Your Company


Your colleague-mentor

• It’s good to know each other.

• Talk about your own expectations.

• Be open : strengths / weaknesses

• Agree clearly about the assignements.


The Small/Medium EnterprisesSME

Colleague - mentors

SME

Group / Sessions

Coordinator

Your Company


The SME :What do you know about them ?

• Via Plato coordination

• Via a visit on the workfloor

• Via the teambuilding weekend

• Via the sessions

• Via informal talks


The SME : Visit on the workfloor (1)

• Visit them, together with your colleague mentor.

• Make an appointment during working hours.• Foresee enough time for a tour on the

shopfloor.• Visit them before the teambuilding weekend• Your task is to break the ice.



• You can learn a lot about :– Customer orientation– Cleanliness /quality aspects– Time management– Image– Internal organisation

• Prepare a list of questions.



• Be informed about practical arrangements with respect to parent activities.

• SME ≠ Big Company (Multinational)

• Make a round-up after the visits. Do that, together with your colleague- mentor. Write down your first impressions.

• Inform the Plato-coordinator immediatly when you have doubts about some participant.



Colleague - mentor

SME

Group / Sessions

Coordinator

Your Company


The group : Teambuilding weekend

• First contact between participants. • That weekend is very important for the

group loyalty.• Individual expectations are discussed.• Competences in the group are revealed here.• Opportunity to make arrangements

concerning the way of working together.(Standing rules)


The Sessions (1)Some tips

• Make up a program for 6 months.

• Do not overload the agenda.

• Avoid theoretical approaches.

• Have a fall back program.

• Optimise administration asap.

• Agree about the standing rules.


The Sessions (2)Standing rules

e.g. about following items :• Fixed date and hour to start the meeting. • How to communicate ? • Confirmation required.• No smoking, no mobile phones ...during the

meeting.• Secrecy guaranteed• .....


The Sessions (3)Prepare the session

• Select the speaker ( via coordinator, via own network, via participants ).

• Inform the speaker about specific questions, expectations or points of interest.

• Ask for the needs of the speaker ( beamer? flipchart ?..).

• Fix the location, and provide the required tools.• Send the invitations / collect the confirmations.• Think about remuneration of the speaker.


The Sessions (4)During the session

• Define the roles of the different mentors– Introduction of the speaker– Watch the process– Timing– Informal moments

• Observe the involvement of the different participants.

• Stimulate interaction between participants.• Inform / reorient the speaker if necessary• Make room for informal meetings during break or

after the session


The Sessions (5)After the sessions

• Evaluate the session via written forms or via informal talks.

• Keep an eye on absentees.

• Arrange informal meetings or events



Colleague - mentor

SME

Group / Sessions

Coordinator

Your Company


Plato co-ordinator

• Can provide information about participants.• Can help with the selection of speakers.• Can help when there are problems within a group.• Can stimulate contacts between the mentors

• Expects evaluation reports

• Appreciates the enthusiastic cooperation of the mentors.


I am always prepared to share my experience with you :

Gilbert Grymonprez

tel + 32 478 26 25 07

[email protected]

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