Being a Good Mentor

What is this course about?
Get practical, proven advice for mentors from Sanyin Siang, a globally recognized expert in coaching and mentoring. In this course, designed uniquely for people managers, discover skills to analyze your role as a mentor and apply strategies to build rapport, trust, and open communication with a mentee. Along the way, Sanyin shows you how to develop a mentee’s task-related and interpersonal skills while also helping them build resilience and practice sound decision-making. By the end of this course, you’ll be prepared to adapt your mentoring approach to navigate obstacles and sustain a supportive, growth-oriented mentoring relationship. You’ll also learn how the same skills apply to your leadership development.
This course includes AI-powered Role Play. Role Play allows you to practice what you’ve learned in interactive simulations of real-world conversations.

Instructor
Who teaches this course?
Sanyin Siang is a CEO advisor, professor at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering, and executive director of Duke University's Coach K Leadership & Ethics Center. Her thought leadership has appeared in The New York Times Forbes, Wall Street Journal, and Fortune.

Objectives
What will I be able to do by the end of this course?
Distinguish between effective and ineffective mentoring practices for supporting a mentee’s growth.
Apply strategies to build rapport, trust, and strong communication to foster a productive mentoring relationship.
Develop a mentee’s task-related and interpersonal skills by using goal-setting, feedback, and coaching techniques.
Evaluate and adapt mentoring approaches to address challenges, overcome obstacles, and sustain long-term mentee development.

Audience
Who is this course for?
People managers
Team leaders
Aspiring mentors and coaches

Prerequisites
What do I need to know before taking this course?
Basic understanding of leadership and management principles
Experience with supervising or managing teams (recommended, but not required)