The most enduring legacy of any leader is the leaders they develop. This course equips experienced professionals with the practical skills to be effective mentors — not just advisors, but intentional developers of people who multiply organizational capability over time.
Drawing on military leader development doctrine and contemporary organizational research, this course provides a structured approach to mentoring that goes beyond informal relationship-building to produce measurable development outcomes for mentees and the organizations they serve.
Core Topics:
Mentoring vs. Coaching vs. Sponsorship — Understanding the distinctions between developmental relationships and knowing when to apply each approach for maximum impact.
Building an Effective Mentoring Relationship — Establishing expectations, creating psychological safety, and structuring engagements that produce real development outcomes rather than just career conversations.
Diagnosing Development Needs — How to assess a mentee’s current capabilities, identify development gaps, and create structured growth plans aligned to their goals and organizational needs.
Providing Feedback That Develops — The skills and frameworks for delivering honest, specific, and actionable feedback that builds capability rather than defensiveness.
Building Organizational Mentoring Culture — How leaders at the senior level can build formal and informal mentoring systems that sustain leader development as an organizational capability.