Mentoring Relationships

1. Mentoring Relationships

2. Definitions of Mentoring “It is a willingness on the part of someone who has a wealth of experience to share his/her knowledge, the stripes he/she has earned, with someone who does not have as much experience - with no eye toward getting anything back. It’s about investing, giving back” Mentoring Relationships

3. Definitions of Mentoring Mentoring is a relational experience in which one person empowers another by sharing resources and experiences. Mentoring Relationships

4. Definitions of Mentoring “Mentoring is making the mentor’s personal strengths, resources and networks (friendships / contacts) available to help a protégé (mentoree) reach his or her goals.” -Bob Biehl Mentoring Relationships

5. Mentoring Definition Mentoring is a relational process responding to a perceived or identified need. A mentor is someone who knows something, and transfers that something (the power resources such as wisdom, advice, information, emotional support, protection, linking to resources, career guidance, status) to someone else, the mentee, at a sensitive time so that it impacts development (empowerment). Mentoring Relationships

6. Mentoring Definition Mentor (Resource Person) Mentee (Corresponding Need) Empowerment (Growth Step) Sensitive Time Mentoring Relationships

7. Types of Deliberate One-on-One Relationships • Career or professional • Educational • Personal Mentoring Relationships

8. What are some of the things that may be required for a significant quality relationship to develop? Mentoring Relationships

9. What are some ways people benefit from mentoring relationships? Mentoring Relationships

10. Who in your life has helped you in one or more of the ways listed above? Share with the person next to you how you benefited and what you had to give to the relationship or the person in order for the change or experience to occur? Mentoring Relationships

11. Pathway to Mentoring Mentoring Relationships Excerpted and adapted from The Mentoring Handbook by Dr.’s Robert & Richard Clinton

12. Attraction This is the natural tendency of the person who needs help to move towards a person who is perceived as one who can be helpful. The mentee is attracted to the mentor for a variety of reasons such as personalityand experience. Mentoring Relationships

13. Relationship Relational interaction facilitates growth and empowerment. Although this is not always possible, when trust is developed between mentor and mentee, there is a greater potential for the exchange of resources. Mentoring Relationships

14. Responsiveness The mentee’s willingness to respond to the information that the mentor is sharing is vital for learning and empowerment. Mentoring Relationships

15. Accountability This involves the mentee answering to someone for his/her growth and development. Often there is mutual accountability between mentors and mentees. Mentoring Relationships

16. Empowerment This is the actual exchange of resources and encouragement between mentor and mentee. Mentoring Relationships

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18. 10 Commandments of Mentoring • Establish the relationship. • Jointly agree on the purpose. • Determine how often you will meet. • Determine the nature of accountability. • Set up clear lines of communication. • Clarify level of confidentiality. • Agree upon length of time. • Occasionally, evaluate process and effectiveness. • Continually, match expectations to current situation. • Bring closure to the mentoring relationship. Mentoring Relationships

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