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<strong>Mentoring</strong> <strong>Future</strong> <strong>Leaders</strong><br />

Appendix A:<br />

Option 1: Guidelines for Getting Started<br />

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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

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