Case study
Valeo runs the Grow Together program which involves supporting employees through an internal mentoring program. This year, the Polish branch was responsible for organizing the fourth edition of the international monitoring program. We approached Leaders Island for support in preparing a series of webinars for mentors from around the world. The group was diverse both in terms of culture and management experience. The goal of the project was to strengthen the mentors’ core competencies to enable them to better understand and communicate with their mentee.
Additionally, for our mentors from Poland, we wanted to organize a series of workshops and trainings. We were familiar with Leaders Island from other projects they had run with us (Foundation of the Beginning Leader and Managerial Communication) and were confident in the value delivered, hence the choice was again Leaders Island.
The process began with learning about the needs and establishing the goals of the project.
The webinars were designed to help Mentors understand the issue of change – which are an inevitable part of the world we live in – and how to manage it. For a Mentor, a good understanding of change and guiding Mentees through it is crucial to successful mentoring.
How to use intrinsic motivation in the mentoring process?
Human behavior – which is the outward expression of attitudes, as well as the determinants of expected competencies developed, among others, in the mentoring process – is a product of many factors. One of them of fundamental importance is a person’s basic needs/desires, which do not change over time. The webinar will present examples of specific situations in which the application of Steven Reiss’ RMP motivation theory can bring positive results. The webinar will also help managers conducting mentoring sessions expand their knowledge of motivation and learn how to put it into practice to make their mentoring even more effective and tailored to the needs of the mentee.
Methods and tools used
Interactive webinars, and workshops using high fidelity simulations.
Scope of webinars
- Psychological models of change
- Change and leadership
- Systems of adaptation to change
- Building trust by the leader/leaders
- Turning emotions into real needs
- Leading the change transition process
Recommendation
Cooperation with Leaders Island was extremely professional and fruitful. Their flexible approach and experienced trainers provided our employees with valuable knowledge that they could immediately put into practice. What we appreciate most is their professionalism, extensive experience and effectiveness of the training. The feedback from participants was unequivocally positive, indicating a great increase in competence and satisfaction with participation in the program.
Also, all organizational issues between Valeo’s training administration department and Leaders Island went smoothly.
