Mentoring Future Leaders
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<strong>Mentoring</strong> <strong>Future</strong> <strong>Leaders</strong><br />
Option 4: Role Play Exercise: Taking Stock<br />
Role play a session with a mentee (another delegate) where you try to<br />
get a better understanding of the way the person functions. Focus amongst<br />
others on the following areas:<br />
• Short-, medium-, long term goals.<br />
• What will help the person to achieve the above?<br />
• What can hold him/her back? The one thing that would be priceless if<br />
they can change it.<br />
• What does the person’s work processes look like, eg. what does his<br />
day-to-day, weekly and monthly activities entail?<br />
• What is the 20% that the person likes most about the work and the 20%<br />
he/she doesn’t like at all?<br />
• Which activities are urgent and which are important?<br />
• Which other options does he/she have?<br />
• How and when does he/she plan?<br />
• How are the paperwork and administrative tasks handled?<br />
• How are crises managed?<br />
• How does the person feel about the quality of work produced?<br />
• How does the person look after his/her mental and physical health?<br />
• What are his/her main concerns? (complete “worry list”)<br />
• How balanced are the different aspects of the person’s life? (complete<br />
lifestyle wheel)<br />
• Identify any obvious levers for change (“low hanging fruit”).<br />
Note:<br />
Try not to jump to your own conclusions. Instead, help the person to see<br />
him/herself in your mirror by stimulating insight through an effective<br />
questioning process (who? what? where? when? how and if necessary<br />
why?). Remember to ask for permission to explore sensitive issues, eg.<br />
“may I ask you about….?”<br />
© Learning Link International<strong> </strong><br />
April 2005<br />
Module 5 - The <strong>Mentoring</strong> Process Page ! 1
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