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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 />

Module 5 - The <strong>Mentoring</strong> Process Page ! 1

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