Draft a simple and formal document that outlines what the buddy role is about. Find an appropriate staff member to act as a buddy and make sure he or she understands your intent. Finally, evaluate how well the program worked. STEP 1. Decide on and document how the work buddy program will work, such as purpose, roles, ground rules, length of time, and so forth. STEP 2. Identify the buddy, confirm that he or she is willing and able to play this role and review the buddy process with him or her.
Workgroup peers greatly influence behavioral norms, values, and beliefs in the workplace and as such, the selection of a compatible buddy is vital. For example, do not assign the new employee to a buddy who has a major, career-impacting deadline in three days, or is about to retire, or is your most unhappy, negative, company-bashing staff member.
The buddy should hold a job similar to that of the new project manager and possess a full understanding of the work environment. He or she should be well regarded by peers, have good communication and interpersonal skills, and have a strong sense of discretion.
Review the responsibilities with the selected buddy and provide a list of topics to cover. STEP 3. Provide a template of topics the buddy should cover with the new employee. The new employee arrives with a wealth of previous work experiences. Advise the buddy to take advantage of this opportunity to share project management knowledge, such as how other companies executed the operational readiness process when systems went live.
As the buddy explains company methods used in this organization, he or she can make a point to ask how the new hire how he or she instituted or managed the same processes in prior positions. All new employees may not be receptive to these questions in a formal setting, such as a staff meeting. The buddy relationship is more conducive to this type of informal knowledge sharing and can later be introduced to the PMO, if it makes sense to do so.
Choose subjects that are easy for the new employee to share and that could also benefit the organization. Over time continue to ask the new employee about tools, techniques, templates, and the like that they may have used. Doing so will not only open up a dialog for knowledge sharing but will also build confidence in the new employee and give them the feeling that they can add value to their new organization right away. The orientation process, in general, needs to be evaluated to determine its effectiveness.
At the end of the buddy relationship, the program coordinator or hiring manager should ask the buddy and the new employee to complete a brief questionnaire aimed at improving the buddy program.
To evaluate the buddy part of the orientation, you can use a variety of methods, such as:. The questionnaire should not include the specific issues discussed between the buddy and the new employee.
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Each contribution will make this page a resource useful for everyone. Our collective energy bonds to form a foundation of support for children and aides in the evolution of children as they become self-assured, strong, and well-adjusted adults who will ultimately play a large part in society.
I witness Big Buddies basking in the happy glow of the children who they have supported as mentors and by whom they have been profoundly affected. I also work with Big Buddies when they struggle with all of the unpredictable elements that affect relationships — I coach them as they monitor their responses to a child or teenager in their best efforts to do right by them.
As I support them and work as a partner in this undertaking, I have arrived at the conclusion that while children are our focus, and should always remain so, the end of childhood should not be the end of mentorship. Begin with an examination of what you desire from life and the direction in which you hope to be heading — you can focus your search on a mentor for your career or if you do not have an orthodox career — such as parenthood or philanthropy or perhaps if you are retired — focus your search on a mentor to help you find direction for what you do with your time.
Parenthood can be overwhelming and retirement does not always come easily to people who have been focused upon a career for the majority of their adult lives.
If you are not able to identify those two things — your desires and direction — than this is a great exercise for you! Once you are able to at least visualize — abstractly or concretely — your desires and where you hope to be heading with your life, start to look at the people in your community who you would like to emulate or who you simply believe have had experiences that would help inform the desires and direction that you have for yourself.
You do not have to know them well; you do, however, want to have an idea of their personality and know their biography. Compatible personalities, interests, and schedules are crucial factors in making a mentoring relationship that lasts.
It can be a risky thing to be vulnerable to the possibility of rejection or at the very least, change. I have observed that most adults, as they travel through life, become more and more risk-averse.
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