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KTG MENTORING

 
 
 
 
 

Our mentoring programme is just one of the ways you can get actively involved with Kerning the Gap. Mentoring is a fantastic tool to help empower and grow confidence and leadership skills, and both our mentors and mentees have found the relationship both transformative and fulfilling.

Now running in several UK regions, the fully-supported annual programme provides the opportunity to be paired with a mentor or mentee, with guidance and support from mentoring experts, The Conversation Space, throughout the 12 months. Not to mention the kick-ass community of wonderful people you’ll meet. (Men- we strongly encourage you to get involved as mentors too!)

You can find one-page guides for both mentors and mentees in our resources section.

Watch the video above for a taster, and sign up to the Kerning the Gap newsletter to receive updates on your next regional intake.

 

Advanced mentor skills

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Be an expert mentor

The KTG mentoring programme has introduced hundreds of design professionals to the joy of mentoring, and has provided the basic skills you need through our supported programme. So many of you have caught the bug that we wanted to help you take these skills further, and begin to really hone them as part of your professional development.

We’ve worked with The Conversation Space to develop a special programme called Advanced Mentor Skills, to enable leaders to take that step further and help you become a bone fide mentoring ninja.

This three module course will :

  • Strengthen your conversational skills to help others do their best quality thinking

  • Give you greater confidence to have authentic and courageous conversations

  • Help you understand how to use conversations to build trust, develop stronger relationships and greater collaboration

  • Increase awareness of how behaviour influences the quality of conversations

  • Give you the tools required to hold challenging conversations with skill and impact

This highly interactive, virtual programme offers a blend of input, pair and small group work, conversational practice, and individual action planning.

Working in a small group of up to 12 enables high levels of psychological safety, confidentiality, and space for exploration, feedback, and practice.  Facilitated by our highly experienced mentoring experts with 20+ years’ experience of supporting mentoring programmes.  Delivered using Zoom, enhanced by Mural, and supported by our e-manual.

There are reduced fees for anyone self-supporting, and an additional 10% off for those coming through Kerning the Gap.

Download the course guidelines here, and click to sign up below.