Clutterbuck and Sweeny( 1997) identified mentoring as a critical combination of coaching, facilitating, networking and counselling, and also, as a combination of directive and nondirective approaches, as follows:
From Figure 1 above, we see that the coaching and networking dimensions of mentoring, focus on intellectual information exchange and acquiring skills. The facilitating and counselling dimensions of mentoring however, focus on supporting the mentees in their emotional development and addressing their emotional needs. Figure 1 also illustrates how coaching and facilitating are directive approaches that guide the mentee, whilst networking and counselling are non-directive methods that allow the mentee to arrive at decisions and solutions independently. Clearly therefore, mentoring is an effective, comprehensive and complex approach to supporting individuals, teams and organisations, in their development, learning and growth.
Social Start Ups Mentors being mentored by Riverford Organic Farmers founder Guy Watson, at Riverford Field Kitchen in Devon, United Kingdom.
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