Transcript Mentoring…How do we get started?

Mentoring…How do I we get
started?
Neil A. Knobloch, Ph.D.
Mentoring @ Purdue Seminar
3/5/13
Why mentoring?
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Benefits to Mentors
Mutual exchange of professional and personal support
Receive insight into the issues students face
Gain the opportunity to share their knowledge and skills in
developing others
Enhances interpersonal and coaching skills
UIC, 2010
Why mentoring?
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Benefits to Protégé
Someone to talk to regarding issues, concerns and
developmental objectives
Build critical interpersonal skills and encourage career
development
Clearer expectations to graduate (e.g., specific behaviors and skills)
Exposure and visibility with scholars and leaders in the field
Insight into the organization‘s culture, structure and objectives
UIC, 2010
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Today’s Seminar
Teaching Methods
Topics
 Part 1: Highlight Some
Examples
 Part 2: Discussion
1. Getting Started
2. Building a Foundation
for Success
3. Providing Support &
Guidance
Getting Started Tasks
Mentor’s Role
Protégé’s Role
Together...
create a plan & build
trust
Protégé
asks questions &
shows positive regard
Mentor
provides support &
feedback
Come Prepared
Learn whatever you can about the protégé
before your initial meeting
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Talk about the big
picture
Recount your own mentoring experiences to
your protégé. Explain what worked and what
didn’t
Listen and ask questions
Discuss the protégé’s
needs
Ask questions and listen
Explain where you are and
where you’ll like to be—and how
mentoring might help
Seek mutual agreement
on goals & expectations
Explain what you can and what you cannot
do
“This is what I hope to achieve
through this mentoring
relationship.”
Seek agreement on
responsibilities
“I will do _____.”
“And I agree to do ____.”
Set a timetable
“Let’s work on this for 3 months. Then we’ll
review progress and determine if we should
continue.”
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Agree on meeting times
and who will set them
“Check my calendar for suitable times.”
“I will take responsibility for
finding dates and times that fit
into your schedule.”
Insist on confidentiality
“Nothing we discuss will go outside this
room unless we both agree otherwise.”
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Agree to be candid
“If this relationship isn’t producing the
results you expect, or if you disagree with my
advice, say so. Neither of us has time to
waste.”
“I will tell you if this relationship
isn’t working for me. I won’t
waste your time.”
UIC, 2010
Building a Foundation for Success
Career Development Strategies
 Outline a Map for Success
 Expectations
 Goals
 Deliverables
 Start working on the bio & CV
 Teach how to fish, rather than give a fish
 Think about a ladder of deliverables / tasks & build
self-efficacy
Providing Support & Guidance
Psychosocial Strategies
 Build trust
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Find common ground & share goals
Follow-through
Listen and respond
Acknowledge good ideas
Be open & honest
 Focus on balance and being reasonable; there more to life
than work
 Weekly updates from protégés before weekly meetings;
progress reports every semester
Discussion
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 Protégé- mentor shares his or her own experiences.
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 Mentoring defining excellence in mentoring as well as what
sponsorship means
 Sponsorship
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 What information should remain confidential?
 You can have multiple mentors that play different roles to
support you
 Where the line between personal and professional is
 How to navigate into talking about person life A mentor can lead way into the conversation perhaps by
sharing something about their own personal life then asking
the mentee about their life
Take into account cultural and individual differences
For more information
[email protected]
Coming soon…
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