Motivating language and self-mentoring: a training program supporting the development of leaders in organizations

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to provide support for leader improvement, development, and learning as well as provide a twenty-first century training program that meets the needs of all organizations and employees within the context of motivating language (ML) and through the framework of a trending self-initiated training practice referred to as self-mentoring (SM).

Design/methodology/approach

The approach of this paper is to merge the robust and well-generalized ML model with the emergent SM model around a set of guided questions to create a framework for training.

Findings

The integrated findings of the ML and SM models create a process for training that supports a well-developed organizational system, as well as a system that is void of systematic elements for leader development.

Research limitations/implications

The implications call for expanded scholarship in the ML model and SM as tools for leadership and organizational development (OD).

Practical implications

Continued training in the ML model for leaders and application of SM as an institutional vehicle for training.

Originality/value

This is the first paper bringing ML and SM together.

Citation

Holmes, W.T. and Carr, M. (2017), "Motivating language and self-mentoring: a training program supporting the development of leaders in organizations", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 31 No. 5, pp. 4-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-02-2017-0010