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Here are some Mentoring Guidelines that will help you with your mentoring engagements.

     
     Engagement letter      
   


Here is the text of an Engagement Letter between you and your client, setting out the terms and conditions under which you are providing mentoring services.

At the start of each mentoring engagement, we strongly recommend that each of the individuals who you will be mentoring signs a copy of this letter, once for themselves and once on behalf of their company.

Amongst other things, this will protect you from any possible claims of liability that might arise from your assignments.

      
     Useful websites      
   
ITC member John Cavill publishes a Learning Blog on various aspects of his doctoral research into the characteristics of entrepreneurial teams.

John has also written a paper entitled Growth Entrepreneurship: Do we really understand the drivers of new venture success? which was commissioned by SEEDA. 		     
           
     Recommended reading      
   


If you have little or no experience of coaching or mentoring, you may wish to do some background reading. There are many books on the subject and quality varies: here are some that our mentors recommend from their own experience:

  • "Coaching for Performance: GROWing People, Performance and Purpose" by Sir John Whitmore. A diamond amongst the polished glass of coaching literature. Recommended by Simon Williams.

 

 

 

 

 

 

      
 
 
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