SAMPLE LEVEL MENTORSHIP PLAN - ADVANCED

_____(Name of Person Being Mentored)_____MENTORSHIP PLAN

Learning Objective / Lesson / Date(s) / Resource(s) / Methodology / Measure
  1. State the elements of “connecting” as a leadership trait and demonstrate its application
/ Understanding the development and application of the leadership trait, “connection” / 12/8
8:00a
2 hours / The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership (2007, John C. Maxwell) / Review and discussion / Teach a small group of leaders (3-5) the elements of the trait and how these elements are operationalized
  1. Demonstrate ability to facilitate a group through an issue or project – 1st session
/ Identifying process steps, roles & responsibilities, challenges how to overcome them / 12/15
8:00a
3 hours / JPANDA Facilitator Guide; “Facilitation at a Glance!” (2nd Ed., GoalQPC) / Review and discussion of reading / Identify process steps, roles responsibilities of leader facilitator, and overcoming 5 common facilitation challenges
  1. Demonstrate ability to facilitate a group through an issue or project – 2nd session
/ Identifying the common tools and techniques associated with facilitation / 12/16
8:00 a
2 hours / “Facilitation at a Glance!” (2nd Ed.) “Coaches Guide to the Memory Jogger II” (GoalQPC) / Review and discussion on applying the concepts of this and previous session / Identify the common facilitation tools and their use; prepare a table with the tool, use, pros and cons
  1. Demonstrate ability to facilitate a group through an issue or project – 3rd session
/ Facilitate a team through a small project, with simulated issues / 12/18
8:00 a
3 hours / Previous learning & resources; mock team scenario (provided day prior to practice session) / Facilitate a small group/team / Participants evaluate the performance of role and handling of “issues”; follow-up discussion in honing skills to overcome identified improvement opportunities
  1. Apply the concepts of time management as they pertain to prioritization
/ The principles and practices of prioritizing and overcoming the challenges to prioritization and / 1/13
6:00p
2 hours / “First Things First” (Covey); “Time Management for Unmanageable People” (Cooper) / Reading Review & discussion, identify most useful ideas from these works / Devise a plan to implement the concepts of prioritization for a period of 30 days and implement
  1. State the elements of an effective process for overcoming a lack of commitment in the pursuit of building a functional team
/ Relationship of commitment to other issues; contributing factors to commit-ment, overcoming these factors the leader role in gaining team commitment / 1/20
6:00p
2 hours / The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Lencioni); Sample Commitment List tool / Review and discussion of reading / Analyze current team for lack of commitment; prepare an analysis of the team, evaluating the 3 aspects in the lesson and an approach to dealing with them
  1. Analyze organization’s state of resistance to change & determine corrective action through comprehensive discussion of principles associated with change management from perspective of 3 authors (4 works)
/ Change Management / 1/27
10:00 a
2 hours / Johnson’s Who Moved My Cheese; Kotter’s Leading Change Our Iceberg is Melting; & Quinn’s Deep Change / Review principles proffered in each of the 4 works / State principles and their contribution toward managing change with 2 examples of organizations in change resistance state