- Standard Rate
- £430.00 +VAT
- Member Rate
- £340.00 +VAT
- Interpersonal Skills
This interactive and practical workshop supports engineers to explore how developing their mentoring and communication skills can enrich the quality of their and their mentees’ professional practice. Attendees will feel more confident about combining their technical engineering and scientific expertise with person-centred skills to get the best out of their projects and working relationships.
The course covers the difference between mentoring and coaching – understanding how to help earlier-career engineers to develop their visions and goals and support them to achieve these. It will also cover how to mentor mid-career engineers and leaders, including how to support them to grow their knowledge, ideas and experience throughout their careers.
Attendees will learn about transactional analysis, active listening, question types and communication skills, with emphasis on the practical applications of these in everyday engineering contexts.
In particular, the course will detail the requirements of the Initial Professional Development (IDP) and Training and Development (T&D) processes so that mentors are able to successfully support their mentees as they embark on the route to becoming a Chartered Engineer (CEng, IEng, Eng.Tech).
High quality mentorship for early-career engineers supports them to navigate their qualifications more effectively, quickly and confidently, and become better qualified industry leaders in the future. For more senior colleagues, mentoring supports improved leadership skills, getting more out of their teams, the ability to have more meaningful conversations with clients, and more successful partnerships and projects.
Attendees will have tailored support during the day to think about how they themselves would benefit from being a mentor and develop a plan to implement in their own work.
Learning Outcomes
Delegates will learn practical mentoring skills and feel confident in developing and managing meaningful mentoring relationships.
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | Introduction – what is mentoring and how does it enrich our engineering profession? |
| 10:15 | Mentoring relationships – understanding the difference between mentoring and coaching, and how to support mentees to develop their visions and goals |
| 11:15 | Coffee / tea break |
| 11:30 | Mentoring Techniques – understanding what transactional analysis, active listening and questions types are, with practical applications and examples of these |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | IPD and T&D Scheme Requirements – how to support mentees in their journey towards becoming a Chartered Engineer |
| 15:00 | Coffee / tea break |
| 15:15 | UK Spec Competencies – understanding that the competencies are and how to help mentees achieve them |
| 15:35 | ‘What does being a mentor mean for me?’ – Building a practical plan for getting the most out of being a mentor |
| 15:50 | Close - Q&A |
This rich and engaging course is for anyone with an interest in becoming a mentor, and using mentoring as a method of investing in their professional relationships and communities to be able to achieve more together. It would be especially useful to those mentoring on IPD and/or T&D Schemes.
Speakers
Mike Powers
Director, Clancy Consulting Limited
Mike Powers is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of CIBSE. He’s passionate about supporting engineers to complement their technical expertise with rich communication and relationship skills so that colleagues can get the most out of their work together.
Some of Mike’s proudest achievements of his career have been where he’s been able to support his mentees to grow and become successful engineers and leaders in their own right.
Mike has extensive experience of mentoring engineers from early-career to senior leadership and is a Level 5 Mentor at the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
Booking your place on a course is easy with two simple options:
- Credit/Debit Card
Click the 'Book Now' button at the top right of this webpage, next to your desired date to secure your spot instantly using a credit or debit card. - Invoice
To request an invoice, please complete our ‘Public Course Booking Form’. Your place on the course will be confirmed once our Training team processes your booking.
International Bookings
For delegates booking from outside the UK, VAT will not be charged for ‘Remote’ and ‘On-Demand’ courses, as well as online exams. VAT will only apply if you attend a course in person within the UK. If you are booking from outside the UK for a ‘Remote’ course, please complete our ‘Public Course Booking Form’ and state your location in the 'Country of Residence' field to ensure VAT is removed from your booking.
If you encounter any difficulties, please don't hesitate to contact us at [email protected].
Group Bookings
For bookings of 6 or more employees, please visit the 'Corporate Bookings' tab on the left of this page for details on how to arrange group training.
Please contact us to talk about all your corporate training requirements:
Email: [email protected] or call +44 (0)20 8772 3660.
CIBSE recognises the value of team collaboration and offers specialised training solutions for companies looking to enhance their teams' expertise. Our Corporate training service provides a fully guided experience, designed to upskill your employees without the hassle of scheduling conflicts.
Enjoy personalised learning journeys that boost productivity and innovation.
Further discounts are available for group bookings.
To learn more about these discounts and to discuss your corporate training needs, please contact us:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: +44 (0)20 8772 3660
To book a course or make an enquiry, please complete our ‘Corporate Training Enquiry Form’.
Remote - How to join:
This course will be conducted live online via Microsoft Teams. You do not need a Microsoft Teams account. After finalising your booking, you will receive a confirmation email containing a link to join the session.
You can join using your preferred web browser. Alternatively, if you have the Microsoft Teams desktop app installed, simply click 'join meeting' in the email to connect directly through the app.
Face-to-Face:
The course location will be listed below the corresponding date and included in your booking confirmation email, sent after your booking is finalised. Please arrive at the location 15 minutes before the start time.
Note that face-to-face courses are not available online, so your in-person attendance is required.
Catering will be provided during the course. If you have any food allergies or intolerances, please inform us in advance by emailing [email protected] so we can make suitable arrangements.
Please be aware that parking is not available at the venue.
Course Materials:
The course presentation and any additional materials will be provided to delegates on the day of the course, once attendance has been confirmed. You will receive links via email to download these materials via email. For those attending a remote course, the materials will also be shared through the Microsoft Teams chat.
In our efforts to be more sustainable, we encourage you not to print the materials.
What is included?
- Full-day training led by an industry expert
- CPD certificate upon completion
- PDF course materials
- Lunch and refreshments (For face-to-face courses only)
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