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Mentoring Support in Sweden?
In most cases, an entrepreneur that decides to open up a new enterprise is
likely to benefit from taking advice from a mentor in order to avoid problems
associated with the opening. In short, the mentor guides and advises the
mentee in areas of his/hers expertise. Further, mentoring may be a successful
tool to influence learning and human dynamics. Today, mentoring is frequently
used in the trade, industry and public sector. The goal is to improve both
personal and professional development. In addition, mentorship can be either
an informal practice or a formal program. An important element of the
mentoring process is to define and facilitate clear learning objectives. The
process may begin with a first meeting where both parties (mentor and adept)
can discuss their expectations.
Importantly, the mentor should act as a role model and a discussion partner,
who can show the possible paths that will help the mentee to progress
professionally.
The characteristics of a good mentor is likely to consist of the
following:
1- A desire to help
2- Positive experiences
3- Good reputation of helping others to develop
4- Time and energy
5- Up-to-date knowledge
6- Learning attitude
7- Demonstrating effective managerial (mentoring) skills.
For more information about different mentoring project and mentorship, please
have a look at following web sites:
Mentorship - students
Athena is a mentorship programme for female technologists at Cahlmers
and Chalmers Lindholmen. During seven months the adepts will have a mentor
from trade and industry to discuss issues like equality, stress, conflict,
carrier planning and leadership.
More information:
http://www.chs.chalmers.se/~tarantella/mentorskap.htm
Jönköping University offers a mentor project for women at the School
of Engineering. During the last year of study, each student will have a
personal mentor from the professional sphere.
More information: http://www.hs.hj.se/doc/669
KTH has a mentoring program aiming at enhancing the student's capability to
cope with working life and develop herself/himself as a person. The program
supports the student's career development and employment opportunities.
Students are thus also provided with possibilities to create networks and get
an insight of the mentor's field of work.
More information:
http://www.kth.se/student/karriar/mentor/eng-index.html
LTH has a network called Hera. Graduated female students stay within
this network and become mentors.
More information:
http://www.hera.m.lth.se/?page=committee_mentors
The Alumni Association of the Stockholm School of Economics (Kamratföreningen
vid Handelshögskolan) offers a mentorship programme for students during their
last years of study. Experienced business men/women will share their thoughts
and ideas with the adepts.
More information:
http://www.hhsalumniassociation.se/pag.asp?g=5&r=110
Umeå School of Business and Economics has a mentorship programme.
Students participate during their final part of their education.
More information:
http://www.hh.umu.se/alumni/mentor.html
KICK (Kompentens-Inspiration-Coaching-Kontakt) is a database providing
e-mentorship. E-mail communication will save a lot of time and it also makes
it possible to involve several mentors from different businesses to support
students.
More information:
http://www.kick.nu/omkick.asp
Mentorship - entrepreneurs:
Priorium provides free guidance and education to everybody who plans
to set up an enterprise. Newly established entrepreneurs have the ability to
participate in mentorship programmes.
More information: http://www.priorum.se/
Onedoor in Nässjö offer optimum assistance for new business
development and an active network of references, which includes empowering
partnership with specialist business consultants and personnel headhunters.
More information:
http://www.onedoor.nu/nav.html
Mentorship – management training:
The Ruter Dam is a training programme to encourage the appointment of
more women managers to higher posts in major companies. Among other things it
is based on mentoring and business network consisting of female managers who
have completed the programme.
More information: http://www.ruterdam.se
Mentor & Ledarskap offers a mentoring programme to support managers to
higher posts in companies and to develop their leadership.
More information:
http://home.swipnet.se/mentorledarskap
Mentor International has two main objectives, to educate mentors and
supply other relevant actors with mentors.
More information:
http://www.mentor-international.com/
Mentorius supply management training through mentorship. The mentors
are well educated and have EQ certification.
More information: http://www.mentorius.se
ECCOM - Institutet för Coaching & Mentorskap provides companies as
well as private persons with professional and personal coaches.
More information: http://www.eccom.se
Value Added consists of specialists with several years of experience
from management and running businesses.
More information: http://valueadded.se
Other Countries:
Mentoring Support information specific to your country:
• Denmark
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Estonia
• Finland
• Greece
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Spain
• Switzerland
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