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Coaching & Mentoring

Coaching

Coaching is the art of facilitating the performance, learning and development of another. Coaching is outcome and results focused. Confidentiality between client and coach is crucial to this relationship. Although coaching is usually used for those in a leadership role it can be useful to anyone who is serious about their learning and development. Courses on coaching skills are available and are tailored to meet specific requirements. Joy Wootten and Susan MacLennan coach individuals and groups. The University also uses external coaches from time to time.

Mentoring

Mentoring is about one person, usually more experienced, helping another to make continuous improvements in skills, knowledge, work or thinking, outside the normal line management relationship. 

It is an excellent developmental opportunity that affords many benefits for the mentee:  helping individuals to integrate; to deal with change;  to acquire increased understanding and knowledge of the organisation and its culture; to acquire new skills and to grow in confidence; to help them take responsibility for their own development, and to become self-sufficient in resolving issues. 

There are also clear benefits for the mentor, including the development of leadership and other generic skills that can be used in the workplace.

A number of mentoring schemes are in operation throughout the University.  For further information and to be allocated a mentor or mentee, please contact:

• College of Life Sciences and Medicine – Professor Nuala Booth, via Melanie McCann (m.mccann@abdn.ac.uk)
• College of Arts and Social Sciences – Dr John Morrison, via Jo George (j.a.george@abdn.ac.uk)
• University Administration, including academic-related and support staff positions in the Colleges– Susan MacLennan (susan.j.maclennan@abdn.ac.uk)

Further information

For further information on coaching and mentoring please contact Joy Wootten - Deputy Director (Training & Development) (T: 01224 27 3378 · E: j.wootten@abdn.ac.uk) or Susan MacLennan, Training and Development Adviser (T: 01224 274461 · E: susan.j.maclennan@abdn.ac.uk)