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PLATO Mentorship Guide: Tips & Practical Experiences

Learn how to become a successful PLATO mentor with tips and practical experiences shared by Gilbert Grymonprez. Discover key strategies to meet expectations, coordinate sessions, and engage with SMEs. From knowing each other to arranging sessions, this guide provides valuable insights for a fulfilling mentoring experience.

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PLATO Mentorship Guide: Tips & Practical Experiences

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  1. How to become a PLATO mentorTips and practical experiencesGilbert GrymonprezAlcatel / GGC PLATO

  2. How to become a good mentor ? Colleague - mentor SME Your Company Group / Sessions Coordinator

  3. Your Company Colleague - mentor SME Your Company Group / Sessions Coordinator

  4. Your Company • Know the expectations . • Be aware of the impact on your daily work. • Make arrangements inside your company. • Inform your boss and your colleagues.

  5. Your Colleague-mentor Colleague - mentor SME Your Company Group / Sessions Coordinator

  6. Your colleague-mentor • It’s good to know each other. • Talk about your own expectations. • Be open : strengths / weaknesses • Agree clearly about the assignements.

  7. The Small/Medium EnterprisesSME Colleague - mentors SME Your Company Group / Sessions Coordinator

  8. The SME :What do you know about them ? • Via Plato coordination • Via a visit on the workfloor • Via the teambuilding weekend • Via the sessions • Via informal talks

  9. The SME : Visit on the workfloor (1) • Visit them, together with your colleague mentor. • Make an appointment during working hours. • Foresee enough time for a tour on the shopfloor. • Visit them before the teambuilding weekend • Your task is to break the ice.

  10. The SME : Visit on the workfloor (2) • You can learn a lot about : • Customer orientation • Cleanliness /quality aspects • Time management • Image • Internal organisation • Prepare a list of questions.

  11. The SME : Visit on the workfloor (3) • Be informed about practical arrangements with respect to parent activities. • SME ≠ Big Company (Multinational) • Make a round-up after the visits. Do that, together with your colleague- mentor. Write down your first impressions. • Inform the Plato-coordinator immediatly when you have doubts about some participant.

  12. The Small/Medium EnterprisesSME Colleague - mentor SME Your Company Group / Sessions Coordinator

  13. The group: Teambuilding weekend • First contact between participants. • That weekend is very important for the group loyalty. • Individual expectations are discussed. • Competences in the group are revealed here. • Opportunity to make arrangements concerning the way of working together.(Standing rules)

  14. The Sessions (1)Some tips • Make up a program for 6 months. • Do not overload the agenda. • Avoid theoretical approaches. • Have a fall back program. • Optimise administration asap. • Agree about the standing rules.

  15. The Sessions (2)Standing rules e.g. about following items : • Fixed date and hour to start the meeting. • How to communicate ? • Confirmation required. • No smoking, no mobile phones ...during the meeting. • Secrecy guaranteed • .....

  16. The Sessions (3)Prepare the session • Select the speaker ( via coordinator, via own network, via participants ). • Inform the speaker about specific questions, expectations or points of interest. • Ask for the needs of the speaker ( beamer? flipchart ?..). • Fix the location, and provide the required tools. • Send the invitations / collect the confirmations. • Think about remuneration of the speaker.

  17. The Sessions (4)During the session • Define the roles of the different mentors • Introduction of the speaker • Watch the process • Timing • Informal moments • Observe the involvement of the different participants. • Stimulate interaction between participants. • Inform / reorient the speaker if necessary • Make room for informal meetings during break or after the session

  18. The Sessions (5)After the sessions • Evaluate the session via written forms or via informal talks. • Keep an eye on absentees. • Arrange informal meetings or events

  19. The Small/Medium EnterprisesSME Colleague - mentor SME Your Company Group / Sessions Coordinator

  20. Plato co-ordinator • Can provide information about participants. • Can help with the selection of speakers. • Can help when there are problems within a group. • Can stimulate contacts between the mentors • Expects evaluation reports • Appreciates the enthusiastic cooperation of the mentors.

  21. I am always prepared to share my experience with you : Gilbert Grymonprez tel + 32 478 26 25 07 gilbert.grymonprez@telenet.be

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