Looking for tips and tools to maximize your mentoring relationship? This information gives you the means to delve deeper into your partnership and create an effective and impactful experience. Use the information below to support your current initiatives, find new directions or extend your mentoring partnership beyond the official Menttium program.
Mentee Readiness Assessment
Complete this assessment to determine your readiness to participate in a formal mentoring partnership. This assessment does not include scoring; rather, it includes questions to help you think about yourself and your readiness.
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Mentor Readiness Assessment
Getting to know each other is critical to the success of your partnership. The better you know each other the better you: Complete this assessment to determine your readiness to participate in a mentoring partnership. This assessment does not include scoring; rather, it includes questions to help you think about yourself and your readiness.
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Establishing Your Partnership
- Leverage each other’s background
- Know what to specifically focus on
- Build rapport and trust
To this end, this document includes 3 tools:
Tool #1 – Mentoring Participant Guide Reference:
Getting Started
- Follow these steps to start a strong mentoring partnership.
Tool #2 – Quick Mentoring Partnership Interview Tool:
Getting To Know You: Learning About Your Mentoring Partner
- This brief series of questions is designed to accelerate learning about your mentoring partner.
Tool #3 – Tip Sheet:
Effective Mentoring Practices
- These ten best practices are themes that have been stated repeatedly by successful mentoring partnerships. Think about discussing each of these with your mentoring partner.
Wishing you the best as you begin your mentoring partnership!
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