Title: How to become a PLATO mentor Tips and practical experiences Gilbert Grymonprez Alcatel / GGC
1How to become a PLATO mentor Tips and
practical experiencesGilbert GrymonprezAlcatel
/ GGC
2How to become a good mentor ?
Colleague - mentor
SME
Your Company
Group /
Sessions
Coordinator
3Your Company
Colleague - mentor
SME
Your Company
Group /
Sessions
Coordinator
4Your Company
- Know the expectations .
- Be aware of the impact on your daily work.
- Make arrangements inside your company.
- Inform your boss and your colleagues.
5Your Colleague-mentor
Colleague - mentor
SME
Your Company
Group /
Sessions
Coordinator
6Your colleague-mentor
- Its good to know each other.
- Talk about your own expectations.
- Be open strengths / weaknesses
- Agree clearly about the assignements.
7The Small/Medium EnterprisesSME
Colleague - mentors
SME
Your Company
Group /
Sessions
Coordinator
8The 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
9The 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.
10The SME Visit on the workfloor (2)
- You can learn a lot about
- Customer orientation
- Cleanliness /quality aspects
- Time management
- Image
- Internal organisation
- Prepare a list of questions.
11The SME Visit on the workfloor (3)
- 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.
12The Small/Medium EnterprisesSME
Colleague - mentor
SME
Your Company
Group /
Sessions
Coordinator
13The 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)
14The 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.
15The 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
- .....
16The 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.
17The 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
18The 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
19The Small/Medium EnterprisesSME
Colleague - mentor
SME
Your Company
Group /
Sessions
Coordinator
20Plato 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.
21 - I am always prepared to share my experience with
you - Gilbert Grymonprez
- tel 32 478 26 25 07
- gilbert.grymonprez_at_telenet.be