The Broadcast Mentor: A Practical Handbook for Mentoring in TV and Media Technology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798160263243

Synopsis

Behind almost every career in broadcast is someone who made time to help.

You have agreed to mentor someone. Now what? The Broadcast Mentor is the practical, worked guide for engineers, producers, operators and managers in television and media technology who want to mentor well, whether on an industry programme or inside their own organisation.

It is written for the reality of our industry: live deadlines that eat into diaries, careers that zig-zag between staff and freelance, technology that changes faster than job titles, and an industry that still relies heavily on who you know.

Inside you will find:

• The clear line between mentoring, coaching and counselling, and exactly what to say when a session drifts into territory that needs professional support


• How to prepare, run the first meeting and agree a written mentoring agreement


• A five-part session structure and the GROW model, with a question bank for every stage


• A complete Mentee Development Plan with SWOT, skills audit, SMART goals and two worked examples


• How to use DISC profiles to adapt your mentoring style and plan stretch goals


• A six-month, month-by-month timetable with four checkpoints


• Six word-for-word session scripts, from the first coffee to the final review


• Eight role plays for mentor training, with briefs, observer checklists and model answers


• Guidance for mentoring students, returners, freelancers, career changers and under-represented talent


• Troubleshooting, do's and don'ts, red flags, and ready-to-copy templates

Whether you are a first-time mentor on a scheme, a senior engineer asked to help a new starter, or a programme organiser building a mentor cohort, this book gives you the structure, the words and the boundaries to make a real difference to someone's career.

Book Five in the Career Series from Workplace Insight Collective.

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798160263243
• Binding: Broché
• Number of pages: 100