Facilitators Guide_Mentoring Circles™_EN

1 The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Table of Contents Table of Contents......................................................................................................................... 1 1. The SMART Volunteering Project .......................................................................................... 3 2. Inova’s Mentoring Circles TM Methodology ............................................................................. 3 3. Mentoring Circle™ Programme Agreement............................................................................ 8 4. The Facilitation Process ...................................................................................................... 11 Preliminary Contracting Overview ...................................................................................................... 11 Step 1: Facilitator Introduction ............................................................................................................ 11 Step 2: Introducing Mentoring Circles™ member ............................................................................... 12 Step 3: Mentoring Circles™ Introduction ............................................................................................ 12 Step 4: Establish the meeting process; give a model for how each meeting will work ..................... 12 Step 5: Evaluation expectations .......................................................................................................... 13 Step 6: Administration: initial contract signing and attendance register .......................................... 13 Step 7: Elicit any expectations the group members have of you as facilitator .................................. 14 Step 8: Management of expectations ................................................................................................. 14 Step 9: Set Ground Rules ...................................................................................................................... 14 Step 10: Introduction to the Action Learning method ........................................................................ 16 Step 11: Ending Sessions ...................................................................................................................... 17 5. Detailed Overview of Mentoring Circles TM Process ............................................................... 19 Step 1: Check in .................................................................................................................................... 19 Step 2: Describe current issue(s) ......................................................................................................... 19 Step 3: Issue exploration ...................................................................................................................... 20 Step 4: Develop solutions, options, alternatives for action ............................................................... 21 Step 5: Summarise action and learning ............................................................................................... 21 Step 6: Goal setting tips ....................................................................................................................... 21 6. Mentoring Circles TM Tools ................................................................................................... 23 Tool 1 – Thinking Differently................................................................................................................. 25 Tool 2 – Old Woman, Young Woman.................................................................................................... 26 Tool 3 – Mind Map and Ideas Generation ............................................................................................ 27 Tool 4 – The NLP Communication Model ............................................................................................. 31 Tool 5 – Wheel of Skills ......................................................................................................................... 33 Tool 6 – Goal Setting Worksheet .......................................................................................................... 35 Tool 7 – Using metaphors to see yourself more clearly in a positive working environment ............... 37 Tool 8 – Motivators to Start Volunteering............................................................................................ 38