Mentoring is a professional relationship where an experienced mentor helps a less experienced mentoree develop specific skills and knowledge for personal and professional growth, with various models such as one-on-one, group, and training-based mentoring available. Unlike coaching, which is typically functional and work-focused within a formal manager-employee relationship, mentoring is relational and can have lasting personal connections. Counseling is a highly personal process aimed at changing attitudes and behaviors, addressing issues like relationships or mental health, and is generally provided over a short term.

2. MENTORING
Mentoring is most often defined as a professional relationship in which
an experienced person (the mentor) assists another (the mentoree) in
developing specific skills and knowledge that will enhance the less-
experienced person’s professional and personal growth.

3. Characteristics of mentoring
Takes place outside of a line manager-employee relationship, at the
mutual consent of a mentor and the person being mentored
Is career-focused or focuses on professional development that may
be outside a mentoree’s area of work
Relationship is personal - a mentor provides both professional and
personal support

4. Characteristics of mentoring
Relationship may be initiated by a mentor or created through a
match initiated by the organization
Relationship crosses job boundaries
Relationship may last for a specific period of time (nine months to a
year) in a formal program, at which point the pair may continue in an
informal mentoring relationship

5. Types of Mentoring :
1. Informal mentoring:
Goals of the relationship are not specified
Outcomes are not measured
Access is limited and may be exclusive
Mentors and mentoree's self-select on the basis of personal chemistry
Mentoring lasts a long time; sometimes a lifetime
The organization benefits indirectly, as the focus is exclusively on the
mentoree

6. 2. Formal mentoring:
Goals are established from the beginning by the organization and the
employee mentoree
Outcomes are measured
Access is open to all who meet program criteria
Mentors and mentoree's are paired based on compatibility
Training and support in mentoring is provided

8. Benefits of Mentoring
Enhancing strategic business initiatives
Encouraging retention
Reducing turnover costs
Improving productivity
Breaking down the "silo" mentality that hinders cooperation among
company departments or divisions.

9. Elevating knowledge transfer from just getting information and to
retaining the practical experience and wisdom gained from long-term
employees.
Enhancing professional development.
Linking employees with valuable knowledge and information to other
employees in need of such information
Using your own employees, instead of outside consultants, as internal
experts for professional development

10. Supporting the creation of a multicultural workforce by creating
relationships among diverse employees and allowing equal access to
mentoring.
Creating a mentoring culture, which continuously promotes individual
employee growth and development

12. Types Of Mentoring Models in a Structured Program
One of the advantages of mentoring is that it can be adapted
to any organization’s culture and resources. There are several
mentoring models to choose from when developing a
mentoring program, including:

13. One-On-One Mentoring
The most common mentoring model, one-on-one mentoring matches one
mentor with one mentoree. Most people prefer this model because it
allows both mentor and mentoree to develop a personal relationship and
provides individual support for the mentoree.
Availability of mentors is the only limitation.

14. Resource-Based Mentoring
Resource-based mentoring offers some of the same features as one-on-
one mentoring. The main difference is that mentors and mentoree's are
not interviewed and matched by a Mentoring Program Manager. Instead,
mentors agree to add their names to a list of available mentors from
which a mentoree can choose. It is up to the mentoree to initiate the
process by asking one of the volunteer mentors for assistance. This model
typically has limited support within the organization and may result in
mismatched mentor-mentoree pairing.

15. Group Mentoring
Group mentoring requires a mentor to work with 4-6 mentoree's at one
time. The group meets once or twice a month to discuss various topics.
Combining senior and peer mentoring, the mentor and the peer’s help
one another learn and develop appropriate skills and knowledge.
.

16. Group mentoring is limited by the difficulty of regularly scheduling
meetings for the entire group. It also lacks the personal relationship that
most people prefer in mentoring. For this reason, it is often combined
with the one-on-one model.
For example, some organizations provide each mentoree with a specific
mentor. In addition, the organization offers periodic meetings in which a
senior executive meets with all of the mentors and mentoree's, who then
share their knowledge and expertise.

17. Training-Based Mentoring
This model is tied directly to a training program.
A mentor is assigned to a mentoree to help that person develop the
specific skills being taught in the program. Training-based mentoring is
limited, because it focuses on the subject at hand and doesn’t help the
mentoree develop a broader skill set.

18. Executive Mentoring
This top-down model may be the most effective way to create a
mentoring culture and cultivate skills and knowledge throughout an
organization. It is also an effective succession-planning tool, because it
prevents the knowledge "brain drain" that would otherwise take place
when senior management retires

19. Are mentoring and coaching identical?
No.
People often confuse mentoring and coaching. Though related,
they are not the same. A mentor may coach, but a coach is not
a mentor. Mentoring is “relational,” while coaching is
“functional.”

20. Coaching characteristics:
Managers coach all of their staff as a required part of the
job
Coaching takes place within the confines of a formal
manager-employee relationship
Focuses on developing individuals within their current jobs

21. Coaching characteristics:
Interest is functional, arising out of the need to ensure that
individuals can perform the tasks required to the best of
their abilities
Relationship tends to be initiated and driven by an
individual’s manager
Relationship is finite - ends as an individual transfers to
another job

27. Counseling is a personal or individual process.
Counseling is a series of direct contacts with the individual which
aims to offer him assistance in changing his attitudes and behaviour.
It is always personal.
It cannot be performed with a group.
Counseling

28. Characteristics of Counseling:
1. Counseling is highly personal process. It has close contact of two
persons.
2. It is joint quest of counselor and counselee.
3. The counselor brings change in his feelings and emotions.
4. The counselor should have full understanding of his task.
5. It has very intense conversation between the two persons – counselor
and counselee.

29. 6. The interview is the basic technique for counseling process.
7. Counseling deals the problems of abnormal behaviour and emotional
problems.
8. Counseling releases him from the feeling of inferiority and
compulsion.
9. The purpose of counseling is to make counselee cheerful, to gain
confidence for social responsibility.

30. Most common types of counselors:
Marriage and family counseling.
Guidance and career counseling.
Rehabilitation counseling.
Mental health counseling.
Substance abuse counseling Eg: De Addiction.
Educational Counseling.

31. Importance of Counseling
Counseling is important because it gives you the opportunity to sort out a
problem or issue that you’ve had trouble figuring out on your own.
Diagnosis.
If you are struggling with a mental diagnosis, such as depression or
anxiety, counseling can be incredibly helpful in teaching you skills and
coping strategies.

32. Review Patterns.
Counseling can be a place for you to review your relationship patterns.
Sometimes our relationship patterns can cause us great unhappiness, and
this is a place for you to review why it is happening, and how to do
things differently.

33. Confidentiality.
Therapy is a place to disclose in (utter) confidence (with a few
exceptions) all of your most tightly-kept secrets. Your therapist is bound
legally and trained professionally to hear your most vulnerable moments
and thoughts. This can be a relief for some, as carrying these thoughts by
yourself can be taxing.

34. Skills. Counseling can help you improve skills such (Eg:
communication) . Some clients simply need education, resources and
tools on how to strengthen a certain skill set.
Change. Therapy can be a powerful, transformative process for some.
All of us struggle with something (work, relationships, parents,
interpersonal). For some, investing in therapy can help you make the
changes you want to reach your relationship or life goals.

35. What’s the difference between a Psychologist and a
Counselor?
Psychologists are experts in human behaviour and mental processes, and
often assist clients in the management of mental illness over an extended
period of time, or to attain deeper insight into their personality.
Counselors assist people to understand issues they are facing in their
lives and to develop solutions or coping skills. Counseling is usually
provided over a short term for a specific problem.

36. Role of counselors:
Work with individuals, groups and communities to improve mental
health
Encourage clients to discuss emotions and experiences
Examine issues including substance abuse, aging, bullying (വഴക്കാളി),
anger management, careers, depression, relationships, self-image,
stress and suicide

37. Role of counselors:
Work with families
Help clients define goals, plan action and gain insight
Develop therapeutic (ചികിത്സാപരമായ) processes
Refer clients to psychologists and other services
Take a holistic (mind and body) approach to mental health care

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39. Clinical counseling
Clinical counseling is a branch of clinical psychology that helps people
as they navigate emotional or mental health difficulties.
Clinical counseling can also be considered part of professional
counseling and social work fields.