September 19, 2013
Making Mentoring Work for You
Dr. Lois Zachary
[email protected]
What is something
unique about you?
Dr. Lois J. Zachary
President, Leadership Development Services
What is something
you can teach us
that is not work
related?
What trait do you
like best about
yourself?
What is your hot
button?
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What is mentoring?
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How does it differ from other career development
opportunities?
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How do you build a good mentoring relationship?
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What is involved in the work of mentoring?
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How can we make sure we hold ourselves
is a reciprocal learning
relationship in which mentor and
mentee agree to a partnership where
they work collaboratively toward
achievement of mutually defined goals
that will develop a mentee’s skills,
abilities, knowledge and/or thinking.
accountable for the results we want to achieve?
From
To
Mentee Role
Passive Learner
Active Learner
Mentor Role
Authority
Facilitator
Mentor-directed
Self-directed
Face-to-face
Multiple and varied
configurations
Knowledge transfer and
acquisition
Critical reflection and
application
Learning Process
Focus
Managing
• Present
• Multi-pronged focus:
• day-to-day growth as
a producer
• growth within the
framework of a
particular department
or division
• achieving department
and company
objectives
• Conduct performance
reviews
• Recommend possible
salary increases and
promotions
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Mentoring
Coaching
Future
Voluntary
Organic
Focus on
development
Intangibles
Soft skills
Range of
learning
opportunities
Multiple forms
Self-directed
• Present
• Contractual
• Emerging field of
practice
• Focus on
boosting
performance
• Tangibles
• 1:1
• Processes and
procedures
• Short-term
• Coach-driven
process
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September 19, 2013
Making Mentoring Work for You
Dr. Lois Zachary
[email protected]
Relationship
Learning
1. Take time getting to know each other.
2. Share mentoring stories.
Dialogue
Collaborative
Engagement
Interaction
Transaction
3. Discuss mentee learning goals.
4. Determine relationship needs and expectations.
5. Candidly share personal assumptions and
limitations.
Monologue
6. Discuss personal and learning styles.
1. Who were your mentors or the people who were
there to guide, support and strengthen you and
how did they contribute to your success?
2. What lessons did you learn from them?
3. What were the most satisfying aspects of those
relationships and why?
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Well-defined goals
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Success criteria and measurement
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Delineation of mutual responsibility
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Accountability assurances
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Consensual mentoring agreement
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A work plan for achieving learning goals
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September 19, 2013
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Making Mentoring Work for You
Dr. Lois Zachary
[email protected]
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It’s about growing into the person who has the
capability, confidence, and competency to
accomplish the goals you set.
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Planning
Goals
 SMART
Goals
 Sleeper
Goals
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Support
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Challenge
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Learning conclusion
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Vision
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Integrating learning
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Feedback
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Celebrating success
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Accountability Check-In
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Redefining the relationship
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Moving on
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What did you learn that
will help you be a more
effective mentoring
partner?
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How are you going to
apply what you learned
today?
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What action steps will
you take to develop
yourself?
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at http://www.centerformentoringexcellence.com
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