LMA Mentor.

LMA Mentor is a 12-week, 8-module short course, designed to develop the key skills, knowledge and professional practice that underpin effective mentoring.

The focus of the programme is to equip you with the skills to build strong personal relationships with others, generating trust, honesty, reflection and learning. Through supportive and challenging conversations, you can help managers and coaches to fulfil their potential.

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“As a constant learner, I found the course invaluable in the ever changing world of coaching. The course taught me to seek to understand the person, actively listen, and ask the right questions, which helped me enormously in making a deeper connection with my mentees. If you want to improve how you develop coaches or coach players, this course is a must for you."

Steve McClaren
LMA Member

Areas of Focus

Mentoring in a Football Context

  • The concepts of Coaching and Mentoring
  • The need for formal and informal approaches
  • Understanding the need for a learning relationship
  • Principles of effective practice
    The LMA Mentor Skills framework
    How a Case Study can develop your mentoring skills

The Role of a Mentor

  • The different roles of a mentor
  • Why you should contract with your mentee
  • Effective communication
  • Communicate and articulate the role of a mentor

The Responsibilities of a Mentor

  • Working within your professional boundaries
  • Remaining solution focused with your mentee
  • Developing your own support network
  • Keeping appropriate records and note-taking

Developing Effective Relationships

  • Stages of relationships
  • The GROW model
  • Generating better questions
  • Confirming tasks and actions

The Realities of Being a Mentor

  • Realities for the mentor and mentee
  • Exhibiting professional care
  • Knowing when to end a mentoring relationship

The Results of Effective Mentoring

  • Identifying successful outcomes
  • Actions of a committed mentee
  • Collecting and evaluating evidence

Reviewing Performance

  • Reviewing your performance as a mentor
  • Collecting evidence of successful mentor behaviour
  • Planning and reflecting on conversations
  • Evaluation of mentor behaviour and mentor learning

Sharing Our Practice and Action Planning

  • Personal review and reflection
  • Generation of a Personal Development Plan
  • Professional accreditation systems
  • How to use my skills moving forward

Education

  • Accredited for 12 hours of CPD by the English FA

Resources

  • LMA Online Platform

For More Information

Please contact Mike Gilmore using the button below:

Mike Gilmore

LMA Member Services Manager

“The LMA Mentor Course exceeded my expectations in every way. The structure was clear, the guidance was practical and the support was consistent throughout. I gained not only valuable knowledge but also real confidence in applying what I learned.”

Neil Thompson
LMA Member

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