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Do you think you could be a Mentor?
Mentoring
An exciting opportunity for six cultural leaders or creative professionals in the Tees Valley region to be matched with a mentee, to build confidence, navigate current professional challenges and to plan next steps within their chosen career path.
What is Mentoring?
“Mentoring is to support and encourage people to manage their own learning in order that they may maximise their potential, develop their skills [and] improve their performance.” – Eric Parsloe, The Oxford School of Coaching and Mentoring.
Mentoring is a partnership between two people (mentor and mentee) normally working in a similar field or sharing similar experiences. Mentoring can be a useful way of gaining support and advice from someone who has experience in a particular area or sector. It can provide the mentee with an opportunity to think about how they might progress in their career and get feedback on work related issues. The mentor can act as a sounding board offering advice for career and professional development and helping the mentee to consider different perspectives.
‘I now feel much more confident in navigating my creative career and understand that there are many different ways to lead.’
– previous mentoring participant
What’s involved?
There will be a half-day online briefing on 9 October 2024 for all mentees/mentors followed by 3 – one-hour online or in-person sessions with your mentor, which will be self-facilitated and self-organised.
Fees
There is a small honorarium paid for Mentors time.
Access
We will ask for your access requirements should your expression of interest be successful. If you would like a conversation with a member of our team beforehand, or would like support in completing the form please email [email protected]
How to apply
Please get in touch to tell us more about yourself.
Deadline for expressions of interest is Monday 2 September 2024.