The FEL Series

Leading With Mentoring
Leading With Mentoring focuses on finding and providing effective mentoring relationships. It gives an overview of mentoring and what it should include. It provides guidelines on how to have and be an effective mentor and how to avoid poor mentoring relationships.

Author: Dr. Russell West
Russell West is Associate Professor of Leadership Education for Asbury Seminary. He was the founding director of Regent University's Doctor of Ministry Program. He has served in various ministry positions, including pastoring and Dean of Men at Mid-Atlantic Teen Challenge. He has authored six leadership development resources and is co-authoring three more in areas related to leadership formation. Russell holds an MA in Missiology and a Ph.D. in Intercultural Communication. Russell and his wife, Jeri, have one son, Joshua, and live in Lexington, KY.
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Main Objective
The object of this module is to help emerging ministry leaders learn how to embrace, understand, and live a mentoring lifestyle, becoming both effective mentors and mentorees.

Module Overview
This module is an outward growth module geared towards helping Christian leaders gain an awareness and deeper understanding of the mentoring lifestyle. Mentoring as an old concept of nurturing relationships is coming back; it is now a buzzword in all sectors of society as business, education, community, and church leaders all urge their people to find and become mentors.

Essentially, mentoring is helping someone grow through a process of a nurturing relationship. For the Body of Christ to effectively utilize this fundamental relational tool, it is paramount for ministry leaders to grasp what mentoring is, how to live it, and how to model it. Through the seven steps presented in the diagram below, this module will aide you in your journey towards Leading With Mentoring.

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Main Diagram


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Session Descriptions
Session Description
Session 1:
Grasping the
Value of
Mentoring		 We will start our “mentoring” journey by grasping the value of mentoring, including:
00• three reasons there is a dire need for mentoring today.
00• three aspects of the history of mentoring.
00• six eras of mentoring throughout history.
Session 2:
Embracing a
Mentoring
Lifestyle		 We will look to the Bible to discover how to embrace a mentoring lifestyle, including:
00• five traits of a mentoring lifestyle.
00• five aspects of how to develop a mentoring lifestyle.
00• four aspects of Paul’s mentoring circle of influence.
00• eight mentoring attributes modeled by Barnabas.
Session 3:
Defining the Mentoring Environment		 We will define the key elements of the mentoring environment, including:
00• four aspects of what mentoring is.
00• five aspects of what mentoring is not.
00• nine types of mentoring relationships.
00• three key types of mentoring structure.
Session 4:
Understanding
the Mentoring
Process		 We will seek to understand mentoring as a process, including:
00• six stages in the mentoring process.
00• four aspects of bringing structure to mentoring.
00• two caution areas in mentoring relationships.
00• five key reasons why mentoring relationships fail.
Session 5:
Finding
an Effective
Mentor		 We will discover the key issues and steps for finding an effective mentor, including:
00• three elements of what you want from a mentor.
00• two areas of what to look for in a mentor.
00• three key steps for finding a mentor.
00• five steps for approaching a potential mentor.
00• two criteria for how to be a great mentoree.
Session 6:
Becoming
an Effective
Mentor		 We will discover the key issues and steps for becoming an effective mentor, including:
00• twelve practices of a mentor.
00• two areas for how to be an effective mentor.
00• seven qualities to look for in a mentoree.
00• five ways mentors can help a mentoree.
00• two keys for getting mentorees involved.
Session 7:
Overcoming
Unhealthy
Mentoring		 We will learn to recognize the traits and types of unhealthy mentors, including:
00• three aspects of unhealthy mentoring.
00• eight common types of unhealthy mentors.
00• seven steps to healing the wounds of unhealthy mentors.

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Sample Pages from Leading With Mentoring
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Mentoring 2-3

 Mentoring 2-8
 Mentoring 3-6
Mentoring 3-8
 Mentoring 4-3

Mentoring 6-9

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