The Development of a Mentoring Program for a Local Public Health Agency
| dc.contributor.author | Blasko, Stephanie A. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-25T19:25:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-08-25T19:25:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-08-25 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Mentoring programs have many advantages for the agency, mentor, and protégé. The focus of this project is a Local Public Health Agency [LPHA; pseudonym] that is experiencing the attrition of many top executives. The purpose of this project was to develop a plan for implementation of a formal, organization-wide mentorship program for the LPHA. Appreciative Inquiry is recommended as an organizational development (OD) tool to design the mentorship program. Appreciative Inquiry is a positive approach to organizational development that seeks out success stories to build a positive future reality. In addition, organizational readiness is assessed to determine the extent which the agency is ready to implement a new program. A program planning framework is described as a means to develop the mentoring program. The framework provides step-by-step guidance for program development to ensure important steps are not overlooked that could jeopardize the success of the program. Finally, Adaptive Mentorship® is recommended as a framework for designing the mentoring program. Adaptive Mentorship is based on the premise that the mentor adapts his or her mentoring behaviour to match that developmental level of the protégé. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1974/12374 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Mentoring | en |
| dc.subject | Public Health | en |
| dc.title | The Development of a Mentoring Program for a Local Public Health Agency | en |
| dc.type | project | en |