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This Is How a Great Mentor Could Boost Your Career and Life
Succeed With a Mentor
- Use your time looking for the mentor you are comfortable with.
- Share your goals and fears openly.
- Do not expect your mentor to spoon-feed you.
- Do not expect specific advice.
- Share your struggles and failures.
- Listen, research and apply your mentor's guidance.
- Show that you value your mentor's support.
- Do not abuse your relationship by expecting political support in the organization.
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Learn about what mentoring means, and the roles that a mentor may take, as well as the benefits of mentoring to both parties.
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Mentoring
Mentoring is about being able pass knowledge to someone who would benefit from it.
Mentoring programs usually have four key elements:
- Improving performance
The Roles of a Mentor
- M-anage the relationship
- E-ncourage
- N-urture
- T-each
- O-ffer mutual respect
- R-espond to the learner's needs
Different Roles of the Mentor
- Learning Consultant: The mentor must help the learner to clarify his goals and identify the learning style needed.
- Coach: The mentor should have the will to help the learner explore the problem and try new ways of working.
- Counselor: When the learner is struggling to think, the mentor could listen, reflect, and clarify to help the learner gain insight.
- Adviser or Information Resource: Share insights with the learner for faster and better understanding.
- Role Model: Sometimes, the learner does not only learn from what the mentor teaches, but from how the mentor acts.
- Critical Friend: The mentor can also simply be a friend, however, it is the most difficult because it requires the willingness to listen, encourage, draw out, reflect, challenge, and provide feedback about ideas.
Working with a mentor can be an invaluable experience for both parties. The mentor and mentee will likely learn new things about themselves and each other that will help them move toward career goals. But to make the relationship work, each party needs to understand the role they play.
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Roles of a Mentor
- Advisor and Coach - provides advice, guidance,and feedback.
- Champion and Cheerleader - inspires and motivates the mentee to try new things, move out of comfort zone, and...
Roles of a Mentee
- Identify learning goals and style and measure success for the mentoring relationship.
- Be open and seek feedback.
- Be active in learning.
- Schedule and attend mentor appointments.
- Follow through on commitments and take informed risks as they try new options and behaviors in support of career and development goals.
Since January is National Mentoring Month, now is the perfect time to explore the positive impact that mentoring can have on your career. Whether you are the mentor or the mentee, the mentoring relationship can push your career to new heights.
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What Makes a Good Mentor
- Sincere and have the desire to develop and help others even without any price.
- Prepared to commit time and energy to the mentoring relationship.
- Have the relev...
What Makes a Good Mentee
- He's committed to expanding capabilities and focused on achieving professional results.
- Clear about their career goals, needs, and wants.
- Willing to ask for help.
- Able to seek and accept positive or negative feedback.
- Personally responsible and accountable.
- Ready, willing, and able to meet on a regular basis.
The Mentoring Relationship
To develop a successful mentoring relationships:
- Design the Alliance. Both parties must have an agreement on the contact and response times, meetings, confidentiality, focus, feedback, and goals and accountability.
- Get to Know Each Other. It is important to have a strong relationship and trust before focusing on the problem.
- Set the Agenda. Be clear on the purpose and goals of the program.
- Reflect and Evaluate. Know if there is a progress or development gained from the mentoring every few meetings.
- Closeout. Before parting ways, have a closure with each other. Reflect and appreciate what both parties have learned and gained from the experience.