The role of a Mentor is to guide the Mentee and encourage them to focus on their future performance and achievement of personal goals to progress their membership. As a Mentor you have responsibility for: Encouraging and motivating your Mentee; Making time for the Mentor / Mentee relationship; Encouraging the Mentee to broaden knowledge and understanding; Ensuring that the relationship remains confidential; Familiarising the Mentee with the Skills Map; and Agreeing an action plan with the Mentee. To become a Mentor you need to have certain skills and knowledge to share, but paramount are well developed inter-personal skills. As a Mentor you would need to: Have good listening skills and the ability to challenge and comment in a constructive way to aid the development of an individual; Have up to (a maximum of) one hour per month to meet or discuss matters with your Mentee; Enjoy sharing your knowledge and experiences and use this knowledge to help others in their professional development; and Be understanding and have the ability to relate to the Mentees issues. The mentoring relationship should not be like that of a teacher / student, or like that of a manager / employee. You will need to have time available to meet with your Mentee, or have telephone/email discussions, this is not expected to be more than one hour per month. This will be communicated during the initial meeting between mentor and mentee. You may be able to contribute to the development and achievement of targets set by the Mentee through guidance and support. Your role is not to provide answers, but to provide guidance, encouragement and stimulate thought through non-judgemental questioning and sharing your perspective.
The role of a Mentor is to guide the Mentee and encourage them to focus on their future performance and achievement of personal goals to progress their membership. As a Mentor you have responsibility for: Encouraging and motivating your Mentee; Making time for the Mentor / Mentee relationship; Encouraging the Mentee to broaden knowledge and understanding; Ensuring that the relationship remains confidential; Familiarising the Mentee with the Skills Map; and Agreeing an action plan with the Mentee. To become a Mentor you need to have certain skills and knowledge to share, but paramount are well developed inter-personal skills. As a Mentor you would need to: Have good listening skills and the ability to challenge and comment in a constructive way to aid the development of an individual; Have up to (a maximum of) one hour per month to meet or discuss matters with your Mentee; Enjoy sharing your knowledge and experiences and use this knowledge to help others in their professional development; and Be understanding and have the ability to relate to the Mentees issues. The mentoring relationship should not be like that of a teacher / student, or like that of a manager / employee. You will need to have time available to meet with your Mentee, or have telephone/email discussions, this is not expected to be more than one hour per month. This will be communicated during the initial meeting between mentor and mentee. You may be able to contribute to the development and achievement of targets set by the Mentee through guidance and support. Your role is not to provide answers, but to provide guidance, encouragement and stimulate thought through non-judgemental questioning and sharing your perspective.