Developing a Mentoring Process
Due to mentoring's effectiveness of developing more productive workers, it is in the organization's best interest to help guide it. This does not mean that it has to be a totally formal approach in which the organizations assigns mentoring relationships; but perhaps a more informal approach in which it provides learning opportunities to both mentors and protègès. Thus, 1) it can help guide and inform people looking for mentors, 2) develop future mentors, and 3) establish processes for the mentoring program.
Mentoring Program Guide
This section lists a short guide for designing mentorship programs. The information may be gathered by some type of survey or questionnaire.
Mentorship Criteria
Questions to ask people wishing to become mentors:
- What interests do you have in the mentorship program?
- How will you coach others in seeking new and challenging opportunities
- Do you have the means and ability support and empower others?
- What strengths would you bring to the program?
- What developmental opportunities do you require to become a better mentor?
- How often and in what settings will you meet?
- Demonstrates broad organizational knowledge (if the mentor is seeking a more informal mentoring partnership that is focused more on skills rather than growth, then this is not required)
Protègè Criteria
Questions to ask people looking for mentors:
- What interests do you have in the mentorship program?
- What developmental opportunities to you hope to achieve?
- What strengths will aid in you in your developmental efforts?
Protègè's Mentor Selection Guide
Questions to ask people who believed they have located a mentor:
- Why have you selected this person as your mentor?
- What skills or knowledge are you seeking from this mentor?
- How often and in what settings do you see yourself meeting with your mentor?
- How will you know if you achieved the desired results?
Protègè Action Plan
An action plan for protègès to track their progress. This action plan may include mentoring sessions, books, classes, seminars, self study programs, etc.
What Why By When By Whom _____________________ _______________ ______________ ________________ _____________________ _______________ ______________ ________________ _____________________ _______________ ______________ ________________ _____________________ _______________ ______________ ________________ _____________________ _______________ ______________ ________________ _____________________ _______________ ______________ ________________ _____________________ _______________ ______________ ________________
People, Data, Things Assessment
This assessment is completed by both mentors and protègès. It is useful for matching a mentor's strengths to a protègè's need for improvement.
There are no right or wrong answers to this skill assessment. If you are a mentor, it is simply a guide to show what things you would be good at mentoring. If you are a protègè, it will help to determine what you would like to learn or need to improve.
Place a check mark by the items you are good at and a X by the items you wish to improve:
PEOPLE __ advising |
DATA __ accounting |
THINGS __ agility & speed |
Mentoring Program Feedback
Feedback form to track the effeteness of a mentor program:
I am a mentor / protègè (please circle)
Strongly Strongly
Disagree Agree
We meet regularly 1 2 3 4 5
We have met our goals to-date 1 2 3 4 5
Our meetings are productive 1 2 3 4 5
We are building a trusting relationship 1 2 3 4 5
This program has met my expectations 1 2 3 4 5
I would recommend this program to 1 2 3 4 5
others
Mentoring Resources
- What is mentoring?
- Types of mentoring
- Finding a mentor
- Mentor Development
- Creating a Mentoring Program
- Mentoring with Social Media