LDSH 151 - Mentoring

Course Description
A mentor is someone who has expertise that will benefit another person. Successful mentoring programs encourage employee engagement, spread institutional wisdom and develop organizational performance. Mentored individuals typically are more committed to the organization, adapt more easily to organizational change and demonstrate accountability.

Participants in this course will be able to distinguish mentoring from other leadership and management tools, and create successful learning partnerships that will empower performance through accountability. You will be provided with a copy of “The Elements of Mentoring” by W. Brad Johnson and Charles R. Ridley to support the course objectives.

Mentoring topics to be covered include: distinguishing mentoring from supervising, training, and managing; explaining the phases of mentoring; supporting powerful goal setting; creating partnerships; managing the mentoring relationship and using tools to increase creativity, problem solving and decision making.

0 credits

Additional Requisite Information:
Distance Education Students

Required Textbook: The elements of mentoring (2nd ed), ISBN 0-230-61364-0
Purchasing the Textbook: Go to www.bookstore.sait.ca/buy_textbooks.asp?, click “Select A Campus Term”, select the “Distance Learning” option for the term you are enrolled in, and click GO to locate and order the book for this course. Note: The Spring/Summer booklist will be available mid-April; the Fall booklist will be available mid-August; the Winter booklist will be available mid-December.
Software Requirements:
- Microsoft Word 2007 or higher.
- One of:
  - Internet Explorer,
  - Firefox,
  - Google Chrome.
Important Notes: All students begin on the listed start date. Your end date is based on the length of the course. You are required to meet any assessment deadlines set by the instructor. Extensions are not available for non-credit courses.
For more information about online learning, contact distance.education@sait.ca.