A Mentor’s Toolkit for Career Conversations: A comprehensive guide to leading conversations about career planning

Practical and easy to read, this handbook discusses the issues and concerns that impact on today's mentees. It shows how to create a non-threatening environment that allows the mentee to speak candidly and how to build trust. It explains the importance of strengths development to help people realise their potential.

The book provides an in-depth description of a four-step method for leading a mentoring conversation focussed on career, with examples of questions, thought-starters, and discussion topics.

The toolkit includes over 50 guides, templates and activities for mentors to use with their mentee, and access to the video training programs Tools for Mentoring on career planning.

- The Changing Career Scene

- Career Phases

- Work/Life Balance

- Mentoring: A Safe Space

- A Framework for the Conversation

- Develop Talents and Strengths Where Are You Now?

- Where Do You Want to Be?

- How Might You Get There?

- How's it Going Now?

- Tools and Guides Activities that draw out information that mentees need to make decisions. Most have discussion questions for reflective conversation after completion.