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Are You Developing People… or Just Managing Them?
Find out with this quick Mentoring Mindset & Skills Self-Assessment that gives you:
- clarity on your mentoring strengths
- insight into the behaviours holding your team back
- practical next steps to strengthen capability and trust
- a simple tool you can use with your own leaders or team
This self-assessment gives you a clear snapshot of how effective your mentoring approach really is — and what to focus on next so your team becomes more capable and self-directed.
Mentoring Skills Self-Assessment
A practical diagnostic tool for leaders who want to lift capability, confidence, and ownership across their team — not by doing more, but by mentoring better.
Takes less than 5 minutes.
Why Mentoring Skills Matter (Now More Than Ever)
Modern leadership requires shifting from "managing performance" to developing people. When leaders mentor well, teams grow faster — and leaders stop being the bottleneck.
Effective mentoring directly influences:
- capability
- confidence
- independent problem-solving
- innovation
- accountability
- psychological safety
- your workload and ability to lead strategically
Based on real mentoring behaviours, and grounded in human-centred leadership principles, this self-assessment gives you:
Behaviour-Based Mentoring Questions
Assess key behaviours like:
guiding people to explore solutions before offering advice
co-creating development goals
adapting your mentoring style
building psychological safety
creating stretch opportunities and supporting growth
Your Mentoring Profile
Your score places you in one of four profiles — from Mentoring Beginner to Practicing Mentor.
Each profile includes insights into your strengths and the gaps limiting capability growth in your team.
Practical Recommendations
Your results come with simple, actionable suggestions you can start applying immediately — from increasing curiosity-based questioning to improving follow-through and development conversations.
This assessment is ideal for leaders who:
want their team to step up with more ownership
are tired of being the default problem-solver
want a more strategic, human-centred leadership style
support emerging leaders and want to multiply mentors in the business
want a practical, honest look at where their mentoring habits currently sit
Build mentoring habits that create confident, capable, accountable teams — not more work for you.
Download Your Free Mentoring Skills Self-Assessment
Get instant access to the PDF and start identifying what great mentoring looks like in day-to-day conversations, development planning, and decision-making.
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