Coaching and Mentoring Survey report available now!
Thanks to everyone who completed the survey. Click here to see my introductory video, and to read the full report on my web site services page on coaching and mentoring https://hihsolutions.uk/services/coaching-mentoring.aspx. Please feel free to download it, then browse my site for all other services. Please contact me if I can help.
High level summary of the key findings:
The survey results confirmed that, whilst coaching and mentoring is becoming established in many organisations as a learning and development intervention, there is still a long way to go before it's potential benefits are fully recognised and embraced by the majority. As respondents to this survey suggested, the ideal scenario would be for coaching and mentoring to be offered to all employees.
As to the delivery of coaching and mentoring, there is a wide range of 'deliverers' from professional coaches/mentors to line managers and peers. Whilst cost is clearly an indicator in deciding who acts as coach/mentor, it is fundamentally important that the quality of delivery is maintained and protected.
The survey probed more deeply into areas of responsibility, budgeting, and consideration of return on investment. There is considerable evidence from a range of other sources that coaching/mentoring is most successful when sponsored by senior leaders in the organisation.
Most respondents had considered ROI for this potentially costly intervention, but a large number had not. If coaching and mentoring are to take their rightful place as a key L&D tool alongside other interventions such as training, consultancy or counselling, it will need an assigned budget together with ways of evaluating its effectiveness and justifying its cost, through demonstrating the benefit to individuals and the organisation.
In summary, whilst there is currently a lot of support for coaching/mentoring in UK organisations, there is still a long way to go.
Thanks to @nickiholmes for the collaboration on this research and report.
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