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Certified Experiential Learning Mentor
Do you want to guide colleagues or ambitious professionals in their growth? In this in-company track you learn to mentor using experiential learning, in English or Dutch. You practise techniques to build trust and stimulate growth. After successful completion you obtain the Certified Experiential Learning Mentor certification.
Do you recognise this?
A young colleague sits next to you after the team meeting and asks what she can do better. You give a few tips, but you feel that you are mainly sharing your own experience and that it does not really land.
You want to help someone move forward without forcing your own path on her. Only you do not quite know how to ask questions that let her discover for herself where she stands.
You guide people in their career or development:
- you want to help someone move forward, but do not always know how to tackle that;
- you are looking for ways to stimulate trust and self-insight;
- you want to help mentees see their strengths and areas for improvement.
Mentorship goes further than giving advice. It is about trust, growth and experiences from which people learn.
Why does mentoring remain such a search?
Anyone who mentors without a method relies on good will and their own experience. That works sometimes, but often it remains advice that the other person listens to politely and then leaves aside.
The result is that conversations take a lot of time and yield little. You wonder if you are actually helping, and the other person does not feel truly seen. This evaporates the trust that mentorship should carry.
It does not have to stay that way. People grow through what they experience and reflect on, and you can consciously help them with that.
How do you become a mentor who initiates growth?
Mentoring is a skill, not a gift. You can learn how to build trust, ask the right questions and let someone see for herself what her strengths and areas for improvement are.
Our coaches know the doubt of a mentor who wants to help and does not know how. They work with experiential learning themselves and show you in this in-company track how people grow through what they experience. You practise mentoring techniques, including in one-on-one guidance, in 4 half-days that we tailor to your organisation.
This way you learn step by step what a good mentor does, and you can soon demonstrate that with the certification.
What you can do after the track
After the track you can:
- guide and support aspiring professionals;
- stimulate growth and build trust;
- use mentoring techniques to help people set goals and tackle obstacles;
- help mentees recognise their strengths and areas for improvement;
- draw up personal development plans together with mentees;
- show your competence in mentorship with the Certified Experiential Learning Mentor certification.
This is how we tackle it
The track runs in-company and consists of 4 half-days. We tailor it to your organisation.
- Intake: we discuss who you are going to guide and what you need.
- Track: you delve into the principles of experiential learning and how people grow through experiences. You practise mentoring techniques, including in one-on-one guidance. Read more about experience-oriented learning.
- Follow-through: you continue to consult material and exercises in the Leerruimte.
Who guides this track
All our coaches can deliver this track. They work with experiential learning themselves and share practical insights from the field.
Frequently asked questions
For anyone who guides colleagues, tutees or ambitious professionals or wants to start doing so. You learn to apply mentoring techniques and help people grow with experiential learning.
The track is available in English and in Dutch. Let us know which language your group prefers.
The track consists of 4 half-days. How we schedule these, we discuss with you, so that it fits your organisation and agenda.
That is tailored, request a quote. We start from your situation and come back with a proposal.
A mentor mainly guides colleagues or professionals in their career. A coach supports individuals and teams with coaching techniques. View the coach track or all certifications.
Practical
- Formula: In-company training
- Languages: English, Dutch
- Half-days: 4