What can I expect?

First, you will have a dialogue with your potential mentor, before you commit to anything.

During this phase you will complete some assessment forms and anonymity/confidentiality agreement.

Then your potential mentor will let you know whether and how they can help. This will include an estimate of how many contacts will be needed to resolve the issues.

You will then agree a number of contacts with your mentor. At first these will need to be weekly.

The first contacts after this agreement will involve the following:

Your mentor will help clarify your joint goals and will invite you to rate the severity of any problems or level of achievement of any objectives both at the start and towards the end of the agreed number of contacts.

Your mentor will help formulate the psychological processes involved in your current issues and plan an exit strategy out of any vicious circles.

During the middle section of mentoring

Your mentor will provide coaching in how to change your thinking and behaviour to be more effective at work and in your life.

You will work together to monitor and record progress and pitfalls.

You will be given ‘homework’ tasks to complete in between sessions.

You may be sent recording forms to monitor your own experience between sessions.

Towards the end of the mentoring agreement

You will jointly review progress towards your agreed goals with your mentor. Based on this review you may decide together to undertake more sessions. More often you will be preparing to end.

Your mentor will help you consolidate and plan your self-management so that you are able to continue your new habits after the mentoring has ended.

You may consider booking a ‘booster’ session some time after the main work is done, in order to ensure your new skills are maintained.

You will be asked to evaluate your experience of working with GreenWood using an anonymous feedback and evaluation form. This is the only thing that will be visible to your company, but your company will not know your identity.

We look forward to working with you!