Today's organisations operate in an increasingly complex and fast-changing environment shaped by Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital transformation, global competition and evolving workforce expectations. To remain competitive and resilient, organisations need employees who can learn continuously, adapt quickly and consistently perform at a higher level. Developing people for better workplace performance has therefore become a strategic priority for every organisation.

Strategic mentoring is one of the most effective ways to achieve this. Beyond transferring knowledge and experience, it enables managers and experienced professionals to guide employees in applying what they have learned, strengthening their competence, building confidence and continuously improving their performance. At the organisational level, strategic mentoring accelerates people development, strengthens workplace capability, reinforces a culture of continuous learning, and contributes to sustained organisational growth and success.

The Art of Strategic Mentoring is a highly practical one-day executive programme designed to help organisations build a strong team of workplace mentors who can develop people for better workplace performance. Built around the M.A.P.S. Strategic Mentoring Framework, participants will learn practical strategies to Map the mentoring journey, Accelerate learning and performance, Partner mentees for success, and Sustain continuous growth. Drawing practical insights from Confucian philosophy, Socratic questioning, Aristotle's concept of excellence, and Kaizen's principle, the programme equips participants with a practical and systematic approach to mentoring that creates lasting value for both people and organisations.

Objective

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the role of strategic mentoring in developing people for better workplace performance and organisational growth.
• Apply the M.A.P.S. Strategic Mentoring Framework to guide employees in applying learning, improving performance and achieving sustained development at work.
• Plan and conduct structured mentoring conversations that support workplace learning, performance improvement and continuous development.
• Apply appropriate mentoring approaches to build effective mentoring relationships with professionalism, trust and ethical practice.
• Develop a practical Strategic Mentoring Implementation Blueprint to establish and strengthen workplace mentoring within their teams and organisation.

Outline

Introduction: Why Strategic Mentoring Has Become the New Organisational Advantage

Module 1. Building the Foundation for Strategic Mentoring

1.1 The changing world of work and strategic mentoring
1.2 Why mentoring is becoming a strategic organisational advantage
1.3 From Managing Performance to Developing Potential
1.4 Introducing the M.A.P.S. Strategic Mentoring Framework

Module 2. M.A. – Map the Journey and Accelerate Growth

2.1 Mapping the mentoring journey through aspirations, strengths, and goals
2.2 Building trust and psychological safety through purposeful mentoring relationships
2.3 Applying Confucian philosophy and Socratic questioning to facilitate growth
2.4 Accelerating capability development through feedback and workplace learning
2.5 Mentoring Practical: Conducting an effective workplace mentoring conversation

Module 3. P. – Partner for Success

3.1 Establishing an effective workplace mentoring model, including one-to-one, peer, group, reverse and cross-functional mentoring
3.2 Transferring organisational knowledge, professional judgement and experience
3.3 Applying Aristotle's philosophy of excellence to develop professional mastery
3.4 Opening opportunities through networks, assignments and workplace exposure
3.5 Managing mentoring relationships with professionalism, ethics and boundaries
3.6 Mentoring Challenge: Developing a mentoring strategy for workplace development

Module 4. S. – Sustain Progress for Organisational Success

4.1 Embedding mentoring into talent development and workforce capability
4.2 Building a mentoring culture that strengthens organisational learning through Kaizen
4.3 Leveraging AI to enhance mentoring, reflective practice and knowledge sharing
4.4 Measuring mentoring effectiveness and organisational outcomes
4.5 Developing My Strategic Mentoring Implementation Blueprint

Conclusion - Journey Towards Becoming a Strategic Mentor

Who should attend

Managers, Assistant Managers, Supervisors, Team Leaders, Project Leaders, Project Managers, Human Resource Professionals, Learning & Development Professionals, Workplace Learning Professionals, Subject Matter Experts, Experienced Executives, Professionals and anyone responsible for developing talent, transferring knowledge, mentoring employees or strengthening organisational capability.

Methodology

Mini-lectures, mentoring self-assessments, workplace case studies, mentoring simulations, group discussions, experiential learning, peer sharing, and Personal Strategic Mentoring Implementation Blueprint.

Speaker Profile

Steven Koh has spent more than 33 years developing leaders, managers and professionals through mentoring, executive coaching, workplace learning and organisational development. Throughout his career, he has worked with government agencies, multinational corporations, SMEs, educational institutions and professionals across diverse industries to develop leadership capability, strengthen workplace learning and build high-performing organisations. These experiences inspired him to develop The Art of Strategic Mentoring, a practical executive programme that equips today‘s managers and leaders to develop people, transfer organisational knowledge and strengthen organisational capability through purposeful mentoring.

Steven brings together a unique combination of mentoring, leadership development, workplace learning, curriculum design, community building and organisational transformation. Beyond training, he has personally mentored CEOs, directors, senior managers, entrepreneurs, trainers and adult educators, helping them strengthen leadership capability, professional practice and organisational performance. He has also coached and developed trainers, facilitated workplace learning initiatives, supervised consulting teams and guided professionals through career and business development.

Over the course of his career, Steven has developed more than 50 professional development programmes and trained over 50,000 leaders, managers and professionals. As an Adult Educator Mentor for more than six years, he has personally mentored over 120 adult educators in facilitation, curriculum development, professional practice and career development. He has also mentored business owners, senior executives and emerging leaders. His practical mentoring experience forms the foundation of the M.A.P.S. Strategic Mentoring Framework.

Steven is also the founder of one of Singapore’s largest professional learning communities, bringing together more than 5,000 leaders and professionals from around the world to learn, share and grow together. Through mentoring, collaboration and peer learning, he has cultivated a vibrant learning culture that demonstrates the power of mentoring beyond formal organisational settings.

Steven holds a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science & Information Systems) from the National University of Singapore, a Master of Business from RMIT University, and is recognised as a Specialist Adult Educator (Curriculum Development) and a Fellow of The Institute of Training and Occupational Learning (United Kingdom).