MENTORING: NEEDS, ROLES, AND YOU

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MENTORING NEEDS, ROLES, AND YOU

• Denise S. Carpenter, PHR
• HR-Training and Development
• April 2006

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• What is your definition of the word MENTOR?
• What are the roles or types of things you feel a
  mentor should do?

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Traditional Or Historical Definition Of A Mentor

• A person with experience and power within an
  organization who adopts a younger, less
  experienced protégé and helps him or her up the
  organizational ladder.

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Definition Of Mentor Has Evolved Into

• A person willing to share direct experience in
  a life area (business, career, worklife balance,
  etc.) by assisting someone ready to grow in the
  same life area.

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The Role of A Mentor

• Promote honest, confidential sharing
• Provide candid feedback
• Share unique experiences and knowledge
• Guide, counsel, support, coach, and encourage

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The Role Of A Mentor

• Teach Encourage Counsel Befriend
• Model Affirm Listen Accept
• Inform Inspire Probe Relate
• Confirm Challenge Clarify
• Prescribe Support Advise
• Question

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You Should Not Expect A Mentor To

• Spend more time on the mentor/mentee relationship
  than you are willing to spend
• Offer you a new job
• Perform your job responsibilities
• Help extensively with personal problems

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Own Your Own Career

• You are responsible for your career
• A mentor can provide valuable advice and help you
  reflect on, and learn from, experiences
• It is up to you to take initiative, demonstrate
  your capabilities, and seize opportunities

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Finding A Mentor

• Self select each other
• Ask reliable sources

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Finding A Mentor

• Does the individual have a past history of
  mentoring others?
• Does the person have experience in the life area
  you want to grow in?
• Is the person excited about learning and
  continuing their own development?

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Your Role As A Mentee

• Be open to hearing and considering new options,
  avoid defensiveness
• Define needs clearly
• Seek specific examples
• Keep confidences

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Your Role As A Mentee

• Respect your mentors time commit to
  assignments, so that the support you receive will
  be most beneficial
• Complete appropriate homework for meetings with
  the mentor
• Accept responsibility for your own career

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Mentoring Is Part Of Being A Professional

• Mentor others
• Mentor as part of your personal and professional
  growth

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Mentoring Is A Two-Way Relationship

• Respect
• Trust
• Partnership Building
• Realistic Expectations and Self Perception
• Time is Valuable

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Life Evolves Careers Evolve

• You will not have the same mentor forever
• You will outgrow your mentor
• In some instances you may need more than one
  mentor

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What Gets Rewarded Gets Repeated

• Who has mentored you?
• Who do you see who is mentoring others?
• Acknowledge and express appreciation to people
  who mentor

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Mentoring Is Not Just For Faculty and AP
Employees

• Also an accountability/ responsibility of
  classified employees
• Recognize classified employees who mentor

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Mentoring Is Not Just For Faculty And AP
Employees

• You can formally recognize a mentor through the
  Committee on the Status of Women (CSW)
  Presidents Award for Mentoring Women

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CSW Presidents Award For Mentoring Women

• Which classified employee(s) have mentored you or
  are mentoring you now?
• Nominees and recipients can be a female or male
  who mentor a female
• The mentor relationship may be a close,
  one-on-one personal association, or be a brief
  encounter with a profound effect or have a
  beneficial life-altering effect

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• As I grow, part of my emotional survival plan
  must be to actively seek inspiration instead of
  passively waiting for it to find me.
• -- Bebe Moore Campbell

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References For This Presentation And Denises
Tips Sheets

• Carr-Ruffino, N. 2004. The Promotable Woman.
• Mentor Handbook, Office of Civilian Personnel
  Manemnt, Dept. of Navy, June 1993.
• Kirchem, RG. 1998. Mentoring Employees
• Women In Focus Forum, Chambers Communications
  and Training Techniques, LLC. 2003.

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References For This Presentation And Denises
Tips Sheets

• ONeill, PN. 2005. Mentoring Needs, Roles,
  Process and Selection for Your AALDP Initiative.
• Mason, C. and Bailey, E. Benefits and Pitfalls
  of Mentoring

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• Thank You for Your Time!