The Foundation programme provided me with a clear and solid framework for mentoring, consistently addressing methodology, roles and skills, stages of the relationship, and operational techniques.
However, the most significant value I take away with me goes beyond the content. The course helped me to thoroughly review the nature of the mentoring relationship, which is often experienced as inherently asymmetrical: on the one hand, there is the person who “knows”, and on the other, the person who “has to learn”.I really appreciated the focus on making the relationship truly reciprocal. Mentoring, if well designed and carried out with awareness, becomes a learning space for the mentor as well, an opportunity for authentic growth that arises from meeting, listening, and sharing reflections on the experience.
The quality of the programme also lies in the balance between practice and thought: concrete exercises, moments of discussion, and reflective breaks that allow you to integrate what you have learned and question your own style and positioning as a mentor.
If you want to take your mentoring relationships to a deeper level, I recommend following this path and developing a more mature and responsible view of the mentoring relationship.
