Mentoring Future Leaders
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<strong>Mentoring</strong> <strong>Future</strong> <strong>Leaders</strong><br />
Key <strong>Mentoring</strong> Principles and Beliefs<br />
Tick (!) the mentoring principles and beliefs you can identify with.<br />
1. Every person holds the answers to his/her own challenges<br />
2. The agenda for mentoring discussions should come from the<br />
mentees<br />
3. A mentoring relationship is an “adult to adult” relationship<br />
4. Confidentiality is the cornerstone of the mentoring process<br />
5. It is better for the mentees to plan their own journeys than for<br />
mentors to “drive” them to a destination<br />
6. Every mentee is unique and should be mentored in a different<br />
way<br />
7. If individuals become better, the whole gets better<br />
8. There is enough for all of us (abundance vs scarcity)<br />
9. To build trust the mentor can to show his/her own vulnerability<br />
10. Fear, shame and guilt are obstacles to personal and professional<br />
growth<br />
11. Self love and self acceptance are prerequisites for loving and<br />
accepting others<br />
12. People will only change if they want to<br />
13. A relationship of mutual trust, respect and openness is the<br />
cornerstone of mentoring<br />
14. The mentee has the answers, the mentor has the questions<br />
15. Judgement destroys relationships<br />
16. Learning (therefore change) occurs through action – the hand is<br />
the cutting edge of the mind<br />
17. Effective mentoring depends as much on the skills of the mentor<br />
as on appropriate tools, techniques and processes<br />
18. The aim of mentoring is to move performance to a next level<br />
© Learning Link International<strong> </strong><br />
April 2005<br />
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