Engineering Leadership Conference 2006

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Engineering LeadershipConference 2006

• Making Mentoring Sexy for all concerned

Steve Pilcher
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Making Mentoring Sexy for all concerned!

• Outline of major points
• Why sexy??
• Why for all concerned??
• Whos involved?
• Whats involved?
• Whats not involved?
• Generational differences -when Mentoring
• What can YOU do?

Steve Pilcher
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Sexy??

• Hugh Jackman in
• Boy from Oz

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Daffyd Thomas (akaMatt Lucas)
Sexy??

• LittleBritain

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Sexy??
Ricky Gervais
TheOffice
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Sexy??
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for all concerned
Mentees
Mentors
Employers
The Engineering Profession
The Wider Community
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Whos involved?

• Current (formal) Mentees
• Current (informal) Mentees
• Previous Mentors / Role Models
• Engineers Australia
• Prof Development Prog (PDP)
• 205 companies
• 3500 participants
• A Mentors Guide (EA 2006)

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• Margaret Jackson
• ChairmanQANTAS
• DirectorANZ

• Mentee

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• Mentor

• JohnGough
• Ex ChairmanANZ
• DirectorBHP,CSR,ICI,Amcor

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Herald Sun July 06
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• SimonMcKeon
• Mentor
• Macquarie Bank

• HughEvans
• Mentee

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Sat Age July 06
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Making Mentoring Sexy

• The illiterate of the 21st century
• Will not be those who cannot read or write,
• But those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn
• Alvin Toffler

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Making Mentoring Sexy

• I am always ready to learn, although
• I do not always like being taught
• Winston Churchill
• Very bright people need only to be disturbed or
  disrupted shaken up challenged, questioned
  deeply, bothered, to bring new insights to
  existing knowledge
• Dr. Chris Argyris (Harvard)

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Making Mentoring Sexy

• The more I listen to (Australian) people ,
• the more Im convinced that, in a society like
  ours, the most fundamental of all human needs is
  
• the need to be taken seriously!
• Hugh Mackay, Right Wrong. How to decide for
  yourselfHodder Headline Australia, 2005

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Process for Mentoring Program
Local DirectoridentifiesMentor Mentee
Mentor Mentee agree Dates for 12 mths
Mentor sets up initial Meeting, _at_
appropriate location
Mentor Mentee agree Agenda
Agenda all relevant notes in Spirax
Notebook
Mentor Menteework on agreedAction Items
1st Mentoring Meeting by .
Min 3 Mentoring Meetingsby .. 2006
Mentoring Review By end of 06 improvemts in
place early 07
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Strategist imparts Career Tips

• Next Lessons
• If you dont make mistakes, youre too
  conservative to be successful
• Understand business rules know how to break
  them
• Set Plans Goals but not in stone. Be open to
  opportunities as they arise
• A good Mentor is invaluable!
• Be patient Persistent
• Do what you think is right, rather than working
  to the perceptions of others

The Age (28th Mar 06)
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Why have Mentoring?

• Improve the organisations ability to attract
  retain high quality engineers
• Accelerate development of a bigger picture
• Reduce the possible loss of knowledge, skills and
  experience due to an ageing work force
• Inspire a supportive environment of development
  for both Mentors and new engineers

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GEN XER
GEN Y
? Born between 1965 and 1980 ? Rebellious,
independent youth ? Strive to be knowledgeable ?
Decent, pragmatic, creative, strongly
independent ? Self reliant and hard working ?
Good work ethic and strong sense of Company
loyalty ? Concerned with financial emotional
security ? Realistic and honest about facing
struggles in a rapidly changing world of
diminishing resources and an elderly society ?
More likely to think work is important but not
the only thing in their lives

• Born between 1977-1995
• A more diverse and fragmented generation than
  previous generations
• Digital technology generation
• First generation to grow up on line
• Balance a priority across the board
• Work well in teams
• Show promising leadership skills
• Pressured to do well in school, please parents,
  keep up with technology and compete for jobs
• Very connected to their parents
• More networked and faster than previous
  generations
• Faster to discover. Faster to share. Faster to
  adopt and faster to reject

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Gen Xer
Gen Y

• 12. Capable of multi-tasking
• 13. A generation of workers who can become
  extremely bored, extremely quickly
• 14. Minds always very active and expect degree of
  heightened stimulation in workplace
• 15. Need a career path that allows for multiple
  different jobs and careers through their lifetime
• 16. Of a mindset if you dont have knowledge
  about something you simply enter a few key
  strokes to get it
• 17. Its the speed with which Gen Y can and do
  share information that is likely to have the most
  significant implications for organisations trying
  to connect with them

? Xers were taught at an early age, if you want
to do something, trust yourself and get it done
yourself ? More likely to stay with one employer
as long as they are provided with a variety of
challenging projects ? Respond well to
constructive criticism ? They are entrepreneurial
and self reliant and seek fun and meaning in
their work ? They are leaders and trend setters
in business
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THE IDEAL LEADER for a GEN XER

• TAKES THE TIME TO GET TO KNOW ME PERSONALLY
• IS PEOPLE ORIENTED
• APPRECIATES FEEDBACK FROM ME
• REWARDS ME DIRECTLY AND TANGIBLY (NOT NECESSARILY
  FINANCIALLY)
• REWARDS ME SOON AFTER MY ACHIEVEMENTS

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THE IDEAL LEADER .. FOR A GEN XER (cont)

• IS RELAXED AND IS COMFORTABLE ENOUGH WITH HIS/HER
  LEADERSHIP ROLE
• HAS FUN WITH ME
• UNDERSTANDS THE NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE AND
• IS SINCERE

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• BABY BOOMERS Born between 1946 and 1964
• Ageing hipsters
• In the 60s passionate about the music they
  embraced as theirs
• Hippy culture and alternative lifestyles
• Boomers had a radical streak
• Boomers traditionally led a clubbish life
  organised around happenings and trends
• Baby Boomers lived lives of indulgence
• Baby Boomers had easy access to consumer credit
• The Baby Boomer generation were self-absorbed and
  self-indulgent
• Described as a sandwich generation stuck
  between ageing parents and school-age children
• Baby Boomers represented a new market whose needs
  were quickly met due to wartime advances in
  technology and new post-war economic optimism

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• BABY BOOMERS (cont.)
• Economically Baby Boomers represent an even
  bigger future challenge as they become an older
  non-working population which will put a greater
  strain on Hospitals, Aged Care and Pensions
• For example, the US has approx 76 million Baby
  Boomers and they represent their single largest
  demographic group in existence today
• Baby Boomers were taught to respect their
  elders
• Baby Boomers as parents were more interested in
  becoming friends with their kids than teaching
  them respect
• The Baby Boomer generation famously came of age
  in a time when sexual mores were changing
  radically.
• The Boomers created a second sexual revolution
  one that will change forever the way people think
  about sex and ageing
• Baby Boomers were likely to extend midlife well
  into what used to be considered old age.
• Baby Boomers have been popularly viewed as white
  suburbanites who protested the Vietnam War

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Baby Boomers -Born 1946-1964 Aged 40s 50s

Generation X Born 1965-1979 Aged late
20s-30s
William McMahon Gough Whitlam Malcolm Fraser
Bob Hawke Paul Keating
Prime Ministers
VCR 1976 Walkman 1979 IBM PC 1981
TV 1956 Audio Cassette 62 Colour TV 75
Iconic Technology
INXS Nirvana Madonna
Elvis Beatles Rolling Stones
Music
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Generation Y Born 1980-1994 Aged Teens
20s
Prime Ministers
John Howard
Internet, Email, SMSing DVD 1995
Playstation/X-Box
Iconic Technology
Eminem Brittany Spears Puff Daddy
Music
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Baby Boomers Born 1946-1964 Aged 40s 50s

Generation X Born 1965-1979 Aged late
20s-30s
TV Movies
Easy Rider The Graduate Jaws
ET Hey Hey Its Saturday
MTV
Rollerblades Hyper Colour Torn Jeans
Flare Jeans Mini Skirts Barbie, Frisbee 59
Popular Culture
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Generation Y Born 1980-1994 Aged Teens
20s
TV Movies
Titanic Pay TV Reality
TV
Body Piercing Baseball Caps Mens Cosmetics
Popular Culture
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Baby Boomers Born 1946-1964 Aged 40s 50s

Generation X Born 1965-1979 Aged late
20s-30s
Decimal Currency 66 Neil
Armstrong 69 Vietnam War 65-73
Cyclone Tracy 74 Advance Aust.
Fair 74
Social Markers Landmark Events
Haleys Comet 86 Stock Market crash
87 Berlin Wall down 89 Newcastle
earthquakes 89
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Generation Y Born 1980-1994 Aged Teens
20s
Social Markers /Landmark Events
Port Arthur 1996 Thredbo disaster 97 Columbine
shootings 99 New Millennium 2000 September 11,
2001 Bali Bombing 2002
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Baby Boomers Born 1946-1964 Aged 40s 50s

Generation X Born 1965-1979 Aged late
20s-30s
Influencers
Evidential Experts
Pragmatic Practitioners
Practical Case studies/ applications
Technical Data/evidence
Training Focus
Classroom style Quiet atmosphere
Relaxed Interactive
Learning format
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Generation Y Born 1980-1994 Aged Teens
20s
Experiential Peers
Influencers
Training Focus
Emotional Stories/participative
Learning format
Spotaneous Multi-sensory
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Baby Boomers Born 1946-1964 Aged 40s 50s

Generation X Born 1965-1979 Aged late
20s-30s
Learning environment
Classroom style Quiet atmosphere
Round-table style Relaxed ambience
Mass/traditional media Above the Line
Direct/targeted media Below the line
Sales Marketing
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Generation Y Born 1980-1994 Aged Teens
20s
Learning environment
Café style Music and Multi-modal
Viral/electronic media Through the friends
Sales Marketing
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Baby Boomers Born 1946-1964 Aged 40s 50s

Generation X Born 1965-1979 Aged late
20s-30s
Purchase influences
Brand-loyal Authorities
Brand switchers Experts
Medium-term goals Credit savvy
Financial values
Long-term needs Cash and Credit
Command Control Thinkers
Coordination Cooperation Doers
Ideal Leaders
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Generation Y Born 1980-1994 Aged Teens
20s
Purchase influences
No brand loyalty Friends
Financial values
Short-term wants Credit-dependent
Consensus Collaborative Feelers
Ideal Leaders
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One of many Definitions

• A Mentor is a Wise and Trusted Counsellor who
  provides regular advice, guidance assistance.
  The Mentor must be available genuinely willing
  with Confidentiality emphasised at all
  discussions

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Mentoring for their development

• What could they possibly learn from you?
• What the universities dont cant teach them-
• Professional Behaviour
• Technical Writing Skills
• Managing Risk
• Client Interaction (internal external)
• How to apply what they know

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Current statistics

• 30,000 Chartered Engineers in Aust
• 550 apply for Chartered status p.a
• 3500 participants in 205 companies w formal Prof.
  Devel Progs
• 400 CERs 03. now 2300 CERs 05
• 53,000 Members of Engineers Aust
• 22,000 student members
• 1,000,000 (potential market)

Source Eng Aust (Aug 06)
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Attributes of a Mentor

• An effective Mentor can-
• Assist with Mission Goals
• Tutor specific skills, effective behaviour how
  to function in the organisation
• Give feedback on observed performances
• Coach activities that will add to experience
  skill development
• Be a confidant in personal crises problems
• Assist the Mentee at agreed times for feedback
  planning
• Agree to a no-fault conclusion of Mentoring
  relationship when the time is right

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Key Factors for the Mentor

• Meetings ..
• Frequency Length
• Location
• Confidential sight sound
• Records / Minutes etc
• Dont cancel
• Your approach
• Issue a notebook for each Mentor Mentee
• Show a willingness to learn from mistakes
  theirs yours

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Key Factors (cont)

• Other considerations
• Timesheets yours theirs
• Part of the job both Yours Theirs .. so
  hold meetings complete paperwork etc during
  business hours
• Mentor v- Supervisor be clear about
  distinction between roles
• Critical part of Your Performance Assessment
• Who mentors the Mentor?
• Opportunity to create / further your distinctive
  competence from your competitors

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Your Responsibilities, as CPEng Mentors

• Competency terms
• Professional Formation
• Engineering Practice Report (EPR)
• A Career Episode report (CER)
• Stage 2 Competencies
• Professional Interview
• Applicants Handbook for Chartered Professional
  Engineer

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What can YOU do?

• Volunteer to become a Mentor
• Understand what mentoring encompasses within
  your organisation
• Encourage your own Mentees
• Request your own Mentor
• Actively encourage all your engineering staff
  to become a Chartered Engineer
• Maximise your own Prof Devel. Program
• Respect the generational differences
• Dont ignore the fun factor!

Steve Pilcher
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Making Mentoring Sexy for all concerned!

• Summary of major points
• Why sexy i.e attractive to all!
• Why for all concerned??
• Whos involved?
• Whats involved?
• Whats not involved?
• Generational differences -when Mentoring
• What can YOU do? 8 suggestions

Steve Pilcher
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Engineering LeadershipConference 2006

• Making Mentoring Sexy for all concerned
• Any Questions ??

Steve Pilcher