Mentoring Future Leaders
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<strong>Mentoring</strong> <strong>Future</strong> <strong>Leaders</strong><br />
Appendix A:<br />
Option 1: Guidelines for Getting Started<br />
© Learning Link International<strong> </strong><br />
April 2005<br />
(Source: Gareth Lewis, <strong>Mentoring</strong> Manager, 2000, pp.159-168)<br />
1. Prepare yourself by taking stock<br />
• Do you have the will, the skill and the time to mentor?<br />
• Is the time you have during work or after work?<br />
• Does the time come in one-hour slots?<br />
• What about time on the phone?<br />
• What is in it for you to get involved?<br />
• What are the consequences if you don’t?<br />
2. Get to know the mentee<br />
• Find out the bare minimum biographical information about the<br />
person, his/her job role, age and so on. A CV would be useful.<br />
• If you do know the person, find out at least one thing that you didn’t<br />
already know.<br />
• Did the person choose to come on the programme?<br />
• Did he/she choose you as a mentor? If not, and he/she knows you –<br />
is he/she happy with the assignment?<br />
• Why is the person seeking mentoring support?<br />
• What is expected?<br />
• How do both of you see the boundaries of the relationship?<br />
3. Relating to the line manager<br />
The line manager should be informed and supportive of the relationship.<br />
• Who is the line manager of your mentee? Has he/she been<br />
consulted? Does he/she approve?<br />
• What does he/she know about the purpose of the mentoring<br />
relationship?<br />
• Can you arrange a tri-partite meeting to discuss the issues?<br />
• Will the person give the learner scope for development activities at<br />
work?<br />
• What do you think he/she wants to know – at the outset, or during the<br />
course of the relationship?<br />
• What should you share with the line manager and what not?<br />
• Discuss where your primary responsibility lie and what the rights of<br />
the mentee are.<br />
Application<br />
Module 5 - The <strong>Mentoring</strong> Process Page ! 1