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Mentor Role
From authority to facilitator
Learning Process
From mentor directed to self directed; from face to face to multiple and varied opportunities
Focus
Knowledge transfer and acquisition to
critical reflection and application.
Mentoring Alignment
People Values Vision Understanding
Strategy
Structure Communication
Gathering Feedback
Formulating Action Goals Integrating Process Improvements
Instead of moving directly from observation to active Coaching or Mentoring, you must pass through an intermediate step: discussion.
Perhaps the single most important tip for being a great mentor
Explain where you are and where youll like to be and how mentoring might help.
This is what I hope to achieve through this mentoring relationship. And I agree to do .
I will do .
Agree on meeting times and who will set them Insist on confidentially
I will take responsibility for finding dates and times that fit into your schedule. Same.
Agree to be candid
I will tell you if this relationship isnt working for me. I wont waste your time.
Once you are prepared, enter into dialogue with the employee about what youve observed. As you do so, stick to observations of actual behaviors instead of your suppositions about personal motives.
In a dialogue, one person offers proposition or asks a question and others respond, shedding light on the
a) Recognize your emotions and responses - Name your emotion and then act. b) Reframe the feedback
advantage. Reacting to the feedback positively. Seeing the positive things in the feedback.
Seek regular feedback from your boss rather than wait for the annual performance review to come around. The proactive feedback process consists of your manageable steps:- Self Assessment, External Feedback, Absorbing the Feedback, and Taking Action Toward Change. Feedback conversations with colleagues can after serve as a form of dress rehearsal of the real thing.
e) Taking action
- The proactive feedback process involves coming to conclusions about, and acting on, the information you have received. HBR April03
Fear of Feedback has many a cause, examples, ridicule; criticisms on self; non-response to feedback, etc. Fears and assumptions about Feedback often manifest themselves in psychologically maladaptive behaviors such
First Meeting:
Find commonalities and share personal interests, hobbies Share professional background, education, and areas of expertise Learn about what is most important to each one of you
Set expectations
What does the Mentor expect from the Protege? What does the Protg expect from the Mentor? What will the Mentor provide or not provide? How will we measure and evaluate outcomes?
Refer to Contract Agreement in the Mentoring website, download it and complete it Print the completed document refer to it so you stay focused and aligned
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On-Going Meetings
Set a specific time, date, and location Have an agenda prepared in advance Have a summary of notes from the last session Meet at the agreed time and be punctual Follow up on action items from last meeting Agree on what will be discussed in next meeting Agree on action items to be accomplished against devp plan Proteges and Mentors have one final meeting to share learnings and celebrate their success
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A mentors job is to help other people help themselves. Protg wont learn to help themselves if you come to the rescue whenever they encounter problems.
Never forget that the protg is responsible for his or her own success. As a mentor, you are merely there to lend support and advice, and to open doors from time to time. If your protg has the right stuff, he will already understand the importance of planning. Use you superior knowledge and experience to help him improve the
plan.
Do that and your protg will have a solid base on which to build a successful career.
Doing someone elses job for them. Knowing all of the answers all of the time. Imposing ready-made solutions that worked somewhere else. Being brilliant at doing the job, taking initiative, etc.
The best mentor put themselves out of the mentoring business by helping their charges to fend for themselves. There is nothing more satisfying to a good teacher than saying of his