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Mentoring
| One of the earliest mentors was a character in Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey. When Odysseus, King of Ithaca went to fight in the Trojam War, he entrusted the care of his kingdom to the character named Mentor. Mentor served as the teacher and overseer of Odysseuss' son, Telemachus. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a mentor as a "trusted counselor or guide." The origin of the word, coming from the Greek, means "enduring." In 1904 a young New York city court clerk named Ernest Coulter used the basic principles of mentoring were used to develop the Big Brothers and Big Sisters campaign. Today we recognized a mentor as an individual, or team of individuals, who are more experienced than another and agrees to help and guide other individuals personal or professional development. A mentor helps, not for personal gain, but rather to help the other person achieve levels of success and satisfaction that they could not otherwise reach. Mentoring can be used in many different settings including business and healthcare. In Cancer Registry we use mentors to help guide a new registrar through the complexities of our industry. This website (formerly called RegistryMentors.com) is dedicated to mentoring other cancer registrars, regardless of their level of experience. We invite you to read the other materials on this website about mentoring and to join a free teleconference group as soon as possible. |  |
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Joining a teleconference is simple, here's what you need to do: 1. Register using the link in the menu to the right,2. Confirm your registration by email,3. Read the discussion material before each call that is sent by email,4. Dial in to the call. |
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Registry Mentors or Mindset? |
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Just in case you are wonding, if you wanted to access the website formerly called RegistryMentors.com you probably found yourself redirected to this website, called RegistryMindset.com. So, you're not losing your mind, you WERE redirected. We have combined our former site with the new site you see here. Don't worry, we will begin offering teleconference calls and mentoring opportunities soon. We appreciate your patience during the transition! |
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Teleconferences and mentoring activities and events provided by RegistryMindset.com will include the following topics. The topics will be assigned to each conference call or chat session on a calendar of events to be provided at a later date. Leadership Leadership styles and techniques,Leadership versus management concepts, Leadership opportunities in cancer registry,Effect of baby boomer retirement on cancer registry leadership,Profiles of great leaders in / outside the cancer registry,Leadership and healthcare issues. Soft Skills Communicating with other healthcare professionals,Problem-solving skills and techniques,Conflict resolution,Coping skills for busy schedules and changing requirements,Team-building skills,Motivational techniques. We welcome your thoughts and suggestions for topics. Or, if you have a good article or book title to share please email us with the information so that it can be shared with your peers. |
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Why should you join this group or serve as a mentor to others? Cancer registrars will join this group because they are interested in: 1. Becoming a recognized leader within their organization, peer group, or community. 2. Developing the skills and techniques to impress their colleagues with their leadership, communication or meeting management skills. 3. Mentoring and training the next generation of cancer registrars; developing successorship. 4. Enhancing their existing working relationships and developing the skills to analyze the needs of the organization and its cancer program. 5. Giving back to their professional community by helping and mentoring their peers. 6. Discussing with their peers how to market their Cancer Registry's intellectual assets (i.e., data for research, strategic planning) within the organization. 7. Learning how to deal with "difficult" co-workers by turning them into your strongest supporters. |
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Here are some of the key terms and concepts that are used in discussions regarding mentoring. Leadership: good leaders are made, not born. Although most of us have inherent abilities to be a leader, other skills and attributes must be developed as we mature. If you have the desire and willpower, you can become an effective leader. Good leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study, education, training and experience. RegistryMindset.com will help you and your peers through this process. Soft Skills: today's competitive job market demands minimum skill sets to be replaced with higher standards, including what many refer to as "soft skills." A soft skill is a cluster of personality traits, social graces, language, personal habits, friendliness and optimism that each of us possess to differing degrees. Persons with good soft skills are those that employers generally want to hire. Soft skills complement the hard skills, or technical requirements of the job. Ideally an employee will be strong in both technical (hard) and personal (soft) skills. Baby Boomer: a baby boomer is someone who was born following world War II, between 1945 to 1963, and at a time when birth rates increased and economic prosperity was rising in the USA. X Generation: generally refers to the generation of people born in the Western world (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, USA and the UK) from the 1960's to the early 1980's. Y Generation: refers to the generation of people born immediately after "Generation X." Generally this is considered to be the last generation of Americans wholly born in the 20th century and includes Americans in their mid- and early-20's, teenagers and children over the age of 5. |
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Why focus on leadership and soft skills? RegistryMindset.com intentionally focuses on a specific set of general topics because we believe that they are just as critical to the cancer registrar's success as learning the clinical and data management skills. Discussions and materials used will include the study of leadership and soft skills. Training in other critical areas of the cancer registry profession is provided, on an ongoing basis, by the standard-setting and professional agencies. Materials used for participants and our teleconference discussions will be selected and shared with participants for review and study. These materials will be used to stimulate the discussions and applicastion of the relevant concepts by the cancer registrar's work environment. 
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Sharing with others about the mentoring opportunites here is terrific! There is nothing like word-of-mouth and sharing with others to get more people to participate in the call! Anyone is welcome to join, but registration is required for each participant. Tell your friends about the program and have them come and sign-up too. Registration is free! |
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RegistryMindset.com is an independently owned and operated website and dedicated to cancer registry professionals. Our mentoring program is designed for registrars of all types and varying degrees of experience, certified or not. We believe that mentoring of our peers is important in order to promote professionalism and successorship. Participants in this program are highly motivated individuals who will mentor their peers in topics such as leadership and soft skills. Participation in this mentoring program is 100% free of charge, entirely voluntary and available to cancer registrars worldwide. If you are a cancer registrar or a healthcareprofessional who is interested in promoting the professional growth and development of cancer registrars, we invite you to join this outstanding group of individuals. (Note: teleconferences and mentoring events will be made available to everyone in this program. Subscribing members to RegistryMindset.com can check the members only page for more details on an expanded calendar and schedule of events available to them.) |
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Much information about coaching and mentoring can be found in bookstores, libraries and on the Internet. This information has become one of the prime movers behind much of the "coaching" industry today and was based on research done in 1987 by Bruce Joyce and Beverly Showers. The summary of their findings is just as dramatic today as it was then. The participants used in the study provided results data on how we as individuals typically apply information that they have learned. The results that follow is based on summary data for a typical population and show the dramatic difference between the learning achieved with, or without, a coach: --Transfer a new skill into practice as a result of learning a theory = 5%, --Transfer a new skill into practice as a result of learning a theory and seeing a demonstration = 10%, --Transfer a new skill into practice as a result of theory, demonstration and practice during a training = 20%, --Transfer a new skill into practice as a result of theory, demonstration, practice and corrective feedback during the training = 25%, --Transfer a new skill into practice as a result of theory, demonstration, practice, feedback during the training and in-situation coaching = 90%. |
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