Mentoring occurs in an environment of complete confidentiality, where the executive is encouraged to explore key issues and the opportunity to gain deeper insight and understanding

Role & Value of Mentoring:

Mentoring can play a central role in helping individuals and organisations :

• Transition a CEO into a new role
• Prepare senior executives for CEO succession planning
• Develop the leadership capacity and capability of senior managers into broader, more strategic leadership roles within an organisation.

Our specialist mentoring practice, Stephenson Mansell Mentoring (SMM) offers access to a resource of experienced, knowledgeable, empathetic and trustworthy people.

Professional senior-level mentoring is a formal relationship between an independent, experienced person and the selected executive.

Guidance is based on the mentor sharing their experience with the executive, rather than working on specific skills or proficiencies. Our mentors act as counsel and sounding boards, and are experts in their field, industry or function.

Our Mentoring Process:

Effective mentoring programs have four key characteristics:

• Clear development objectives and specific goals in line with mentee aspirations, and the sponsor organisation’s strategic direction and operational priorities
• Detailed analysis of mentee needs
• Regular reviews of desired success against goals with the program sponsor, mentee and other key stakeholders
• Evaluation of program outcomes.

SMG also offers clients the opportunity to build internal mentoring capabilities through our mentoring skills training programs. Our programs are flexible to fit in with client schedules, are based on the latest research and employ adult learning methodologies to ensure practical, applied outcomes.

Our Mentors:

SMM provides training, ongoing professional development, individual case supervision and review for mentors. This ensures our mentors have a proven process to follow.

Key attributes required of our mentors include:

• Senior executive experience & proven track record
• Highly developed interpersonal skills
• Effective listener and empathetic
• A passion for helping others
• Self-awareness and maturity
• Understanding of different strategic perspectives
• Pragmatic approach to management & leadership challenges.

Outcomes of Mentoring:

The benefits of our mentoring services and expertise for individuals and organisations include:

• A confidential environment for executives to explore ideas and to self-reflect
• Opportunities to gain deeper insight and understanding
• Acquiring deeper and more varied strategic perspectives
• Improved management of diverse stakeholder interests
• Greater clarity of organisational goals
• More effective interpersonal relationships
• Continuing personal development of leaders, both current and future
• Improved individual effectiveness and positive ROI for the sponsor organisation.

What our Clients Say:

“My mentor is one of those rare individuals who concentrates on who you are, not what you want or what you’ve done. His belief in the importance of character and personal congruence to professional aspiration are enormously valuable. He has provided me with perspective, with counsel, with challenge and with opportunities. Financial Services Executive

“What I’ve enjoyed about mentoring has been the opportunity to develop and challenge myself, and my mentor has been instrumental in giving me the necessary confidence and self-belief. She has great skill in cutting through the noise and excuses, and I’ve gained insights about my reactions and behaviour and what I can do to create my own outcomes and results. My mentor’s combination of senior executive experience and business acumen, coupled with knowledge of human behaviour..helped me analyse and navigate commercial realities and scenarios. Having her as a mentor is a major contributor to my transition from a managing focus and mindset, to becoming a leader and developing my strategic capability.” CEO, Retail

Key Contacts:

• Virginia Mansell – vmansell@smgrp.com.au
• Eytan Udovich – eudovich@smgrp.com.au