Mentoring Future Leaders

Mentoring Future Leaders
Appendix B: Example of a Contract
Between Mentors and Mentees
• The focus of mentoring is on the mentee’s needs and goals.
• The mentee sets the agenda and schedules sessions.
• The content of discussions will only be revealed with mutual consent
(even to the company).
• Issues will be discussed as they happen – communication is open
and honest.
• The mentee’s readiness to discuss sensitive issues will be respected.
• The mentor has the protégé’s best interest at heart.
• No hidden agendas from either side.
• Feedback is regarded as a gift that can help people to grow.
• Mentors won’t go beyond the limits of their competence, but they
will keep on learning and improving themselves.
• The mentor won’t do anything for the mentee that he/she can do
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for him/herself.
International
April 2005
Module 2 - Focus on Mentors and
Mentees
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