About Us

Mentoring Works is a division of Synergetic People Development Pty Ltd, headed by internationally recognised mentoring expert Ann Rolfe. Mentoring Works services include consulting with organisations to tailor specific mentoring programs, workshops on mentoring and an extensive offering of information products to support mentors and mentorees involved in mentoring programs. See the section Mentoring Resources for details on these offerings.

Introducing Ann Rolfe

For over ten years, Ann Rolfe has helped organizations and individuals reap the benefits of mentoring. Widely respected as an author and presenter, her training programs have been used nationally and internationally to develop the skills of mentors and those who are mentored.

Ann Rolfe is the founder of the Mentoring Network, publisher of the Mentoring News and author of more books on mentoring than any other Australian author. Mentoring Works is a division of Synergetic People Development Pty Limited.

Ann's Expertise

• Specialised in mentoring for the last ten years
• Designed numerous mentoring programs, mentor training and materials
• Developed theoretical and practical mentoring models
• Produced structured guides for mentors and mentorees
• Provided ongoing support to mentoring program coordinators
• Worked with all levels of staff from CEO's, directors and front-line staff
• Written four books on mentoring, used as references in university courses

Ann's Experience

• Corporate consultant since 1987
• Australia's most published author on the subject of mentoring
• Conducted mentoring programs for major Australian and multinational organisations
• Presented a pre-conference workshop in USA for the International Mentoring Association 2005, and a repeat the workshop in 2006.
• Mentoring Materials used in USA by a major food chain
• Worked on projects for different ethnic and cultural groups, including overseas trained doctors and dentists, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
• Lectured for University of Technology Sydney in the Adult Education Faculty

Clients Include:

Our credentials have been established by working with a wide variety of people, organisations and industries. Here are just some of the organisations we have worked with:

Australian College of Health Service Executives ABC Television AGL Alstom AUSTAFE Austrade Australian Institute of Training & Development Beringerblas Centrelink City of Melbourne Commonwealth Bank Farming for the Future Griffith University Hunter Water Corporation GWASNA The Institute of Nursing Executives

The Northcott Society NSW Attorney General's Department NSW Department of Transport NSW State Library NSW Roads & Traffic Authority NSW Office of State Revenue Pinpoint Marketing Rabobank Russell Investments Singapore Teachers Union Tourism NSW University of Newcastle Women In Law Enforcement WorkCover YamuloongInc Youngbiz

Our Track Record

In recent assignments we have:

• Identified organisational issues impacting on retention of highly valued professional staff by undertaking a needs analysis through interviews, focus groups and questionnaire. Produced a comprehensive report with detailed recommendations for increasing retention through practical and cost-effective staff support strategies.
  
  
• Consulted on planning, implementation and evaluation numerous mentoring and career development programs in large public sector organisations. These have resulted in increased communication and networking, better understanding of vision and values and greater career satisfaction for participants.
  
  
• Written Guidelines for Mentoring used in-house by several organisations. Books on mentoring, written by Ann Rolfe are used as resources by many large organizations, are recommended references for TAFE and university students in human resources courses and publicly available in bookshops. Developed workbooks on career development, time management, strategic thinking and planning, supervision and customer service.
  
  
• Established a network for people responsible for their organisation’s mentoring program. Facilitated meetings of the Mentoring Network in Sydney and publish a newsletter quarterly.