3 Levels Of Mentor Conversations

I’ve found that these conversations fall into three broad categories, ranging from the strategic to the tactical:

• Goals - figuring out what they really want
• Situations - handling the unfamiliar or difficult
• Skills - getting promoted

In all three areas, I think that radical candor – caring personally while challenging directly – is essential to effective mentoring. You have to have someone’s best interest in mind and you have to be willing to help them see uncomfortable truths. If that’s not in your personality or you don’t feel that way towards a prospective mentee, then please send them elsewhere