National Mentoring Day is set up on October 27 every year to recognize and celebrate the benefits of guidance. This day was created by award-winning business mentor Chelsey Baker to help encourage and celebrate various forms of mentorship. The purpose of this day is to focus on the rewards of coaching to each participant. Now is the best time to think about shaping you into the mentor you are today. It’s time to celebrate for them! A National Mentoring Day was also set up to emphasize the importance of various forms of counseling.
History of National Mentoring Day
National Mentoring Day aims to celebrate guidance, with a focus on recognizing excellence and raising awareness of the significant benefits of guidance to encourage more people to participate in guidance. Held on October 27th each year, this day encourages events around the world, including the National Mentoring Day summit and awards ceremony. This day was founded by Chelsey Baker, an award-winning business mentor who aims to help recognize and celebrate various forms of guidance. The key message is to raise people’s awareness of the valuable and useful contribution of guidance, which has a huge impact not only on our economy but also on our society.
The purpose of this day is to encourage interactive discussions, events, and social media activities, promote the common vision and synergy of everyone in the industry, and demonstrate the benefits of being a mentor and being mentored. Leading professional mentoring organizations, mentors, key influencers and thought leaders gathered to celebrate the work done by mentors to support individuals and businesses.
Benefits of Mentoring
Becoming a mentor goes far beyond the sense of “giving back”. Mentors have gained a lot of personal development benefits from the experience, including:
- Enhance self-confidence
- Improve self-awareness
- Leadership development
- Strong communication skills
- The art of giving feedback
- The art of questioning
- Be a good listener
- Get in touch with new and different perspectives
- Develop a personal network
- Increased chances of promotion
- Improve job satisfaction
- Support another person
- advance payment
- Learn from others
National Mentoring Day Activities
Send thank you letter
If you think of a name when you think of past mentors, please write them a thank you card. This is not only a kind expression of gratitude for their help but also a reminder of the influence of your mentor on its trainees.
Become a mentor
Share the importance of mentoring by being part of the mentor community. Get in touch with local businesses, schools, and universities to learn how to bring changes to those in need.
Create Mentoring activities
If you are already a mentor or understand a plan, please help create an event to celebrate the results of the mentoring. It can be a social media event, sharing instructional stories with hashtags, or it can be a meeting to share tips for successful practices.
Some Key Mentoring skills
Connect through effective listening
Establish rapport and relationships quickly, for example when people feel that they are being listened to, they will feel valued.
Build a relationship of participation and trust
Discuss confidential topics in advance, such as confirming that your discussion will not be shared with outside parties unless you agree in advance.
Maintain effective focus
Pay attention to overall assignment topics, such as career development and confidence-building in personal mentoring conversations.
Help overcome obstacles to progress
If the instructor is a travel partner for part of the trainee’s journey, then some of the functions they perform are to help remove the trainee’s obstacles along the way.
Help someone grow
One of the main functions of a mentor is to help someone grow.
Some Interesting Facts of Mentoring
- Studies have shown that 70% of small businesses that receive mentorship can survive for five years or more, which is twice the proportion of entrepreneurs who do not receive mentorship.
- 93% of SMEs admit that mentoring can help them succeed.
- Currently, only 25% of SMEs use business mentors.
- A recent survey by the UK Department of Business, Innovation, and Skills found that 94% of SMEs that use external mentoring have gained benefits. These companies are more ambitious and have higher relative turnover.
- 67% of companies report that productivity has increased due to mentoring.
- 55% of companies believe that mentoring has had a positive impact on their profits.
