COLAL 2011 Top Ten Reasons Information Professionals Succeed
Coaching and Mentoring: Mandatory
1. Coaching & Mentoring
Choice?
Mandatory
Joe Murphy, Library Futures
Susan Senese, University of Toronto Mississauga
Rebecca Jones, Dysart & Jones Associates
3. Coach or Mentor?
Do you want to work on: Then you need a:
Your career goals? Mentor
Managing people on your team? Coach
Building relationships in the Mentor
profession/industry or your organization?
Successfully transitioning to a new job? Coach
Finding a new job – or a new career? Mentor
Working with a difficult colleague? Coach
Work – life balance? Coach or Mentor
Priorities? Mentor or Coach
4. Blurred & Blended
Individual
Mentoring Coaching
Growth
• Career focus • Competency focus
• Role model in specific • Competent in developing
context people
• Shared accountability • Learner is accountable
• Advisor -> Learner • Mirror -> Learner
5. Mentors…
“Relationships cause people to want to be with
you, but respect causes them to want to be
empowered by you.”
Thanks to Dr. Ken Haycock, Marshall School of
Business, University of Southern California
6. Coaches…
“The reality is that difficulties seldom defeat
people; lack of faith in themselves usually does
it.”
7. Identifying your mentor
Professional, industry or organizational
respect
More experience than you in that sphere
Broad perspective on career possibilities &
opportunities
You respect them
They see a return on their investment in you;
it’s meaningful for them
8. Identifying your coach
Coaching credentials
Fit with the skills you require
Coaching experience
Try a trial – for both of you
Test the likability & respect factors
9. Geared for success
Clear
Goals
Agreement &
Action Plan
for Working
Together
Closure &
Next Steps
Notes de l'éditeur
E301 – Coaching & Mentoring10:30 AM – 11:15 AMRebecca Jones, Managing Partner, Dysart & Jones AssociatesSusan Senese, Associate Librarian, Research and Information Technology, University of Toronto Mississauga LibraryJoe Murphy, Technology Trend Spotter & Librarian, LibraryFuture formerly Yale UnivA recent Harvard Business Review blog advised those in a new job or a new career or just eager to build their skills to “Go out and find the most qualified or talented mentor, coach, or manager you can, and subject yourself to every- thing they can throw at you” (J. Glickman). This trio shows how to identify a coach or mentor, the difference between coaching and mentoring, and the benefits of building a network of mentors.