Transcript So You Want to be a Mentor

International Black Aerospace Council
IBAC
Mentoring Guide
WWW.blackaerospace.com
Seven Steps
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Step One: Understanding The Mentoring Process
Step Two: Review Rules of Engagement
Step Three: Making The Match
Step Four: Have Your First Meeting
Step Five: Continuing The partnership
Step Six: Have A Six-Month Check-up
Step Seven: Concluding The Mentoring Partnership
Step One: Understanding The
Mentoring Process
To understand the mentoring process, you need to
know:
What
it takes to be a mentor?
What
are the mentee’s responsibilities?
What
does the mentee get out of it?
What It Takes To Be A Mentor?
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Desire
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Time
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Reality check
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Individual career development plan
What Are The Mentee’s
Responsibilities?
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Willing to learn
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Able to accept feedback
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Willing to “stretch”
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Able to identify goals
What Does the Mentee Get Out
of It?
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Listening ear
 Valuable direction
 Gaps filled in
 Doors opened
 Different perspective
Step Two: Review Rules of
Engagement
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Commit to one-year partnership
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Bi-monthly Meetings
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Six-month check-up
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Discuss “no-fault” termination
Step Three: Making The Match
General Guidelines
 Satisfy formal requests
 Have the time for the relationship
 Weigh career field, experience, alma mater,
expectations in matching pairs
Step Four: Have Your First
Meeting
May be in person, by e-mail, or by phone
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Choose a neutral setting (if face-to-face)
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This should be time of getting to know each other
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Talk about any expectations you may have
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Discuss when you will meet and how often
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Share career histories
Step Five: Continue the
Partnership
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In the second and third meetings begin to define the
mentee’s short and long term goals
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Mentor will use listening, counseling, coaching,
career advising, and goal setting to help mentee
develop Individual Career Development Plan
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Utilize mentoring guide notional planning schedule
Fill in the gaps
Expand available options
Explore referral resources
Attend professional development seminars
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Step Six: Have a Six-month
Check-up
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Describe progress
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Review Career Development Plan
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Ask questions
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Conduct the six-month check up
Step Seven: Conclude the
Mentoring Partnership
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Many partnerships continue
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Notify if you decide to end it early
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Give feedback
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Review and revise goals
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Conduct review at the end of the year