Training course (EN)

In order to increase the motivation of the people from marginalised group to learn as well as to make the training course more learner-friendly and attractive, the following innovative teaching methods are incorporated in the learning modules:

Coaching. One of your most important roles is to coach people to do their best. By doing this, the coach helps them make better decisions, solve problems that are holding them back, improve or learn new skills, and otherwise progress their careers. Coaching gives the potential entrepreneur an opportunity to define their business goals in a realistic way, supports people to progress and to guides them through the journey.

Coaching is generally more structured in nature and meetings and it is scheduled regularly. Coaching is generally not performed on the basis that the coach needs to have direct experience of their client’s formal occupational role unless the coaching is focused on specific development areas/issues The agenda is focused on achieving specific, immediate goals.

Mentoring - it is a developmental partnership through which one person (mentor) shares knowledge, skills, information, and perspective to foster the personal and professional growth of someone else (mentee). There are two types of mentoring: pair and group. Mentoring may also have many forms: e.g. face-to-face, e-Mentoring, and blended mentoring. Mentors support, courage and open their networks for Mentees. During mentoring on social entrepreneurship, Mentors help Mentees to realise if she could start an enterprise and to help to develop the Personal Plan for further steps.

Mentoring is a very useful and powerful tool to keep learners on the learning process as a mentor could always give good advice and increase the motivation to learn by their personal good achievements. The mentoring is rather popular and has a good image in general.

The Mentor can provide tailored business and technical advice, help set and meet ambitious targets, provide market information and facilitate linkages, promote knowledge sharing and cooperation, and help entrepreneurs identify and take advantage of financial opportunities. The entrepreneurs should be paired with a mentor they can build a strong working relationship with. In addition to individual mentorship, additional group training can be useful to reinforce and build on these more introductory concepts. It is key that this business, empowerment, and leadership training is built on and supported over time to be really effective.

A coach has some great questions to your answers; a mentor has some great answers for your questions.

More often than not, mentoring and coaching are used interchangeably in the business context. That’s why at many organizations, a mentor is expected to undertake coaching responsibilities as well.

Peer mentoring/coaching is a relationship between people who are at the same career stage or age, in which one person has more experience than the other in a particular domain and can guide, provide support as well as knowledge and skills transfer. effectively transfer.

Sharing lived experience is a powerful way to reduce the impact of trauma and engage in creative problem-solving. In peer support, there is no hierarchy and all participants are treated equally and have equal opportunity to contribute.