Whats the difference between a quality mentoring program and an effective mentoring program?
You may be surprised to know that there are some critical distinctions. They are critical because they are fundamental to the way you improve your program and practices. 1. QUALITY is a condition that must exist relative to something else: • I am a better quality mentor that you. (Not a very professional statement, however) • I am a quality mentor as measured against the standards for mentoring practice. • Our program is a quality program, as measured against mentoring program standards. Given this definition, the effort to develop a higher QUALITY mentoring program will require some mentoring program standards. The effort to promote QUALITY mentoring requires standards of mentoring as a professional practice.This is an evolving picture. Nevertheless, a quality program is one that “has arrived,” not one that is “in process.” 2. EFFECTIVENESS is a condition that also must exist relative to something else. In this case, the something else is a set of goals. In other words, a program is d
