Mentoring Future Leaders

Mentoring Future Leaders
• Be able to explain why you want to be a mentor and what you
have to offer.
• Know your strengths and weaknesses as a mentor and how to
grow your skills.
• Know how to facilitate the successful matching of the needs
and expectations of mentors and mentees, by using tools
and checklists.
• Be able to help mentees to determine their personal objectives
and learning agendas.
• Be able to identify the learning styles and preferences of
mentees.
• Match the communication styles of mentors and mentees.
• Mentor with sensitivity across cultural and gender boundaries.
• Help mentees to develop personal development plans (PDP’s).
• Match your own expectations with that of a prospective mentee.
• Draw up a mentoring information brochure.
• Negotiate the terms of reference of the mentoring process with
mentees.
• Be able to use assessment and report forms
to document progress.
“An expert is someone who knows some of the
worst mistakes that can be made in his subject
and how to avoid them. “
(Werner Heisenberg)
© Learning Link International
April 2005
The “Ideal” Mentor
1. Imagine you were looking for a mentor. What qualities would be
important in an ideal mentor? Why?
Module 2 - Focus on Mentors and
Mentees
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