This checklist and template (PDF) is to support your preparation for your next mentoring meeting. It is useful for you to reflect on what has happened since your last meeting and plan what to discuss in the forthcoming meeting.
Usually setting objectives is one of the first tasks in the mentoring relationship and will set the direction for the mentoring pair. Sometimes the mentee may have too many areas they want support with and, if this is the case, the mentor needs to help them in prioritising them down to maybe two or three.
With the rise in global mentoring programmes, come the issues associated with the norms, beliefs and behaviours of different national cultures and how these can impact mentors and mentees working cross-culturally.
Only mentors with specialised training are able to diagnose mental health issues and, if appropriate, help the mentee to manage them. To play “amateur therapist” is unethical and dangerous. Therefore, as a mentor: How do you recognise signs of a mental health issue? And how do you make the decision whether to continue to mentor, […]
Advising a mentee on what to do or how to approach an issue has a number of benefits. It focuses their mind on what is important (at least from the mentor’s perspective). It is a lot quicker than helping them work it out for themselves. And it allows the mentee to tap into the mentor’s […]
It is good practice to review your mentoring relationship at regular intervals. This will ensure you keep a check on how the relationship itself is working and on what progress is being made on achieving the objectives you set at the outset (and how those objectives may have changed). Ideally, a first review would take […]
While there is a good deal of overlap between being a mentor and being a coach, a counsellor and other helping roles, there are relatively clear boundaries it is important not to cross. Being aware of these boundaries is critical in ensuring that you as a mentor are working within the limits of your own […]
The three stage process is a model that can be used for mentoring. It is useful because it’s a fluid, straightforward framework as shown by the diagram below. Exploration Stage This begins with opening up the conversation with an open question. It’s about building rapport, paying attention to your mentee and supporting the exploration – […]
It’s all very well being effective in our approach to questioning but if we do not listen to what we are being told, the effectiveness of our questions is irrelevant and we are missing the opportunity to demonstrate interest and understanding of the person we are communicating with. There are four principal methods that we […]
There is a lot of change ongoing at the moment. It is even more important than ever to provide support to those effected by Covid-19. We have created this article and the accompanying video to support mentoring in turbulent times. The content is particularly relevant as we live through the Covid-19 pandemic. However, it is […]
Crisis is when you are feeling outside your comfort zone, i.e. in the stretch zone, which is well suited for learning. Also, for you as mentor, it could be a chance to explore some of your own boundaries and maybe change or expand a few, for instance experimenting with a mindfulness technique within the mentoring […]
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