A Mentor provides insight, guides and advises you in your development to reach your highest potential.
Mentors typically assume the role of the wise adviser, based on their own personal/professional experience and may act as a mentor on long or a short term basis.
Through experience a Mentor can help fast track your learning, provide valuable insights and support you to avoid the pitfalls and manage challenges.
- Serves as a role model
- Provides guidance not direction
- Develops options with you
- Provides support, encouragement, and positive perspectives
- Serves as a resource person and confidant when problems occur
- Collaborates in the problem solving process
- Questions positively
- Listens actively and positively
- Gives feedback that is clear, constructive and confidence-building
- Acts as a sounding board
- Challenges when required
- Gives feedback on observed behaviour and reported performance
- Recommends ways to develop specific skills, effective behaviour and how to function in their environment
- Review future professional needs
- Acts as a source of information regarding career development techniques in general; assists the individual in their career or life
- Meets with the Mentee at agreed upon intervals for feedback and planning
- Agrees to a ‘no-fault’ conclusion of the mentoring relationship when (for any reason) the time is right
