Cowen Hayden

Mentoring and Supervision

Most organisations face the challenge of scarce resources. How best to utilise the time, money, intellectual collateral and other resources available to them? As competition for these resources intensify so does the pressure for change and adaptability. This creates uncertainty, doubt and resistance, which those responsible for leading the organisation must recognise and respond to.

Each individual in a leadership role will have their own preferred ways of coping with the strategic, logistical and emotional tensions that arise during transitional periods of change. Ways that were usually learnt in the systems that now need to change and which are not necessarily suited to the future.

Mentoring and Supervision offers an objective and confidential setting in which to explore these new challenges and problems. It provides a safe and constructive outlet for the anxieties and frustrations inherent in demanding jobs. It also provides an external input of independence, experience and objectivity. This encourages fresh insights and helps individuals to develop more effective strategies for dealing with the difficulties that they are encountering.