Becoming & Finding an Effective Mentor
Webinar

Another distance learning opportunity brought to you by MHA

Program Overview

This presentation focuses on the realities of mentoring partnerships in today's healthcare environment. Mentoring provides a unique opportunity for the mentor to provide guidance and growth for others. For those being mentored, it is an opportunity to discuss and learn in a trusting, non-threatening environment. Effective mentoring partnerships are positive.

Program Topics:

• Successfully selecting an effective mentor
• Components of effective mentoring partnerships
• Avoiding the mentoring traps
• Assessing your mentoring talents
• Structuring the mentoring partnership
• Ten specific effective mentoring behaviors
• Understanding what the "mentoree" needs
• The teacher learns more than the student

Objectives:

• Identify opportunities for forming successful mentoring partnerships with effective expectations
• Discuss ways to reduce the negative impact of the mentoring traps
• List ways to assess individual mentoring talents
• Describe ways to effectively structure mentoring discussions and partnerships
• Identify ways to maximize mentoring skills & abilities
• Discuss the specific deliverables that "mentorees" need for success

AUDIENCE

CEO, Hospital Leadership, CNO, Nurse Leadership, Department Heads, Joint Commission, Safety Officer, QI Staff, Risk Managers, NHA

FACULTY

Harry Chambers brings 30+ years of practical organizational experience to his programs. His experience ranges from an hourly employee to executive officer in the sales, operations, training and administrative areas. He is President of Atlanta-based training/ consulting companies, Trinity Solutions, Inc. and H.E. Chambers and Associates. Harry has trained, facilitated and consulted with Boise State University, the University of Minnesota, and he is affiliated with the Sam M. Walton Center for Management and Executive Development at the University of Arkansas. He has presented programs for healthcare and hospital associations across the country. He is a frequent presenter at Inc. Magazine's Leadership Development Conferences and his work has been featured on the web sites of CNN FN and Business Week Online. An award-winning author, his books have been translated into six foreign languages. His articles, excerpts, and direct quotes appear in many publications and journals, including Executive Excellence, Success and Cosmopolitan magazines. He has been interviewed on NBC's Today Show, ABC's Morning News, and National Public Radio's Morning Edition. He is a frequent guest on radio talk shows discussing "Negativity in the Workplace" and "Dealing with Bad Attitudes" along with a variety of management and leadership issues.

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