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.
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:
We suggest that you have mentoring sessions on a 4-6 weekly basis to maintain momentum in your mentoring relationship.
Listen to the recording of the May 2020 mentor support webinar discussing mentoring during times of turbulence.
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 also relevant to other periods of immense turbulence post this pandemic.
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 conversation. Or talking about emotions and feelings within a mentoring setting, which may be a new experience for you.
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