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A Perfect Match: Showcasing Benefits of a Successful Mentorship Relationship Juanita Roesler, SHRM-CP, PHR HR Business Partner Associate Todays Objectives: Define different types of mentoring relationships Matching mentors and mentees


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A Perfect Match:

Showcasing Benefits of a Successful Mentorship Relationship

Juanita Roesler, SHRM-CP, PHR HR Business Partner Associate

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Define different types of mentoring relationships Matching mentors and mentees Four phases of the relationship 3E Model: Education, Exposure and Experience Commitments to a successful mentoring relationship Basic framework for a formal mentoring program

Today’s Objectives:

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Benefits of Membership: Advance your career with connections made through conferences, seminars, chapter meetings, and other networking events Elevate your professional status through extensive education programs or by earing specialist certifications This is your association, your experience…

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mentor [men-tawr, -ter]

noun

  • 1. A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
  • 2. An influential senior sponsor or supporter.
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Why do we mentor?

Learning and networking To give back to our profession and/or members Invest in development of emerging leaders Build community Rewarding and fun!

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Different Mentoring Types

Peer mentoring – shared work experience looking to build further learning experiences Group mentoring – peer and senior mentoring combined, group projects and multiple development

  • pportunities

Speed mentoring – short, focused conversations about specific questions

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Different Mentoring Types

Face-to-Face mentoring – in-person planned meetings between mentor and mentee. E-mentoring – same goal as face-to-face mentoring but through electronic platform. Formal Mentoring Program – specific guidelines, timelines and structure to the mentoring relationship.

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What Do You Want?

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“the beginning is the most impor portan tant t part of the work”

Greek philosopher Plato, who was a protégé of Socrates. Plato served as a great mentor to Aristotle.

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Remember…

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Chemistry

Law of Similarity: the idea that people like and attribute more positive characteristics to those they think are similar to themselves.

Surface Level Deep Level Race Gender Where you went to school Personality Values Goals World-views Ethics

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  • Ask for an introduction from your network

– Work place relationships – Personal relationships – University relationships

  • Use the world wide web

– LinkedIn – Google

  • Email and introduce yourself
  • Ask for a brief meetup (coffee)

Will you be my mentor?

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Four Phases of the Mentor-Mentee Relationship The Phase Cycle

Prepari aring ng Cl Closing Ne Negoti tiati ating ng Enabling

From: The Mentor’s Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships, by Lois J. Zachary, Jossey-Bass, 2000, pgs. 50 - 52

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Preparing

  • Work and professional background

Get to know each other:

  • Past Professional and Personal Success
  • Past Professional and Personal Difficulties
  • Times When You Had to Demonstrate Resilience
  • Interest
  • Dreams and Aspirations
  • Education
  • Fun!!
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A Perfect Match

Getting to know each other

  • Strengths (Myers-Briggs, Strength Finders)
  • Personality and communication style (True Colors)
  • Core Values
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A Perfect Match

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Four Phases of the Relationship

From: The Mentor’s Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships, by Lois J. Zachary, Jossey-Bass, 2000, pgs. 50 - 52

The Phase Cycle

Prepari aring ng Cl Closing Ne Negoti tiati ating ng Enabling

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Negotiating: Build Consensus & Commitment

Set Goals and Objectives

  • Identify Learning Opportunities or Action Learning

Project

  • Develop the Action Plan
  • Agree on commitments
  • Determine measures of progress/benchmarks
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Negotiating: Identifying Goals

Goals may:

  • Satisfy current information needs
  • Provide vision and a roadmap for the future
  • Agreement for focus of mentorship relationship

Example Topics:

  • Gain knowledge in a specific area of immediate

concern

  • Grow knowledge of other areas for future

application

  • Change roles / beginning ____ career
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Negotiating: Develop the Action Plan

Identify the Goal Setting Our goals for the next 3 – 6 months: 1. 2. 3. Action Steps for Mentor and Mentee:

  • Specific steps to be taken to meet objectives
  • List potential resources
  • Set target completion dates
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3E Model:

Expand Education: being open to a variety of learning avenues Enable Exposure: to many individuals in your network to teach, mentor, and coach Explore Experience: that will unlock opportunities to learn on the spot

From: Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go (Career Conversations Employees Want), by Beverly Kaye & Julie Winkle Giulioni, 2012, pgs. Lois J. Zachary, Jossey-Bass, 2000, pgs. 84 - 92

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Negotiating: Agreeing on a Commitment

When will we meet next? Where will we meet and how will we communicate on an ongoing basis? Who will initiate? (recommend mentee) How will we make future plans and adjustments?

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Four Phases of the Relationship

From: The Mentor’s Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships, by Lois J. Zachary, Jossey-Bass, 2000, pgs. 50 - 52

The Phase Cycle

Prepari aring ng Cl Closing Ne Negoti tiati ating ng En Enabli ling

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Enabling Growth

From: The Mentor’s Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships, by Lois J. Zachary, Jossey-Bass, 2000, pgs. 50 - 52

“The mentor’s role during this phase is to nurture the mentee’s growth by establishing and maintaining an open affirming learning climate and providing thoughtful, timely, candid and constructive feedback.”

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Enabling Growth: Supportive Climate

  • Listen!
  • Give and receive feedback
  • Keep expectations clearly defined
  • Expand learning opportunities as the relationship

progresses

  • Make the relationship special
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Enabling Growth: Supportive Climate

Listening…. Discernment: 3 step approach to guiding discernment:

1. Pause – help them see in extreme emotion a moment of pause 2. Indifferent to the decision – step back and be a neutral guide and not a judge 3. Reflect on different realities – encourage a moment of reflection. Encourage a time limit on reflection: Imagine one way for two days and the one for other two days

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Enabling Growth: Checking In

  • Monitor the Process
  • What is going well in the relationship?
  • What has been our greatest challenge?
  • What has the mentee learned?
  • What is our progress in achieving our goals and
  • bjectives?
  • What assistance could we use?
  • Make adjustments to goals and objectives, if needed
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Enabling Growth: Avoid Obstacles

Communicate, Communicate, Communicate!

  • Listening
  • Questioning
  • Being Direct and Respectful
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Enabling Growth: Parameters

Confidentiality Boundary Setting

  • Availability
  • Advocacy/sponsorship expectations
  • Evening and weekend contact

Hot Buttons (personal irks)

  • Being late
  • Coming unprepared
  • Coming unprepared
  • Multi tasking
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Enabling Growth: Moving Forward

Learning Through Reflection

  • Journaling
  • Discuss strengths and areas for improvement

(two-way street!)

  • Analyze missteps for growth opportunities

Assess Progress Against Goals

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Four Phases of the Relationship

From: The Mentor’s Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships, by Lois J. Zachary, Jossey-Bass, 2000, pgs. 50 - 52

The Phase Cycle

Prepari aring ng Cl Closing Ne Negoti tiati ating ng Enabling

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Closure: Signs of Unplanned Closure

  • Listens but no follow-through
  • Don’t see any progress
  • Feel wrung out – energy is drained
  • Seems like a one-way relationship
  • “High maintenance”
  • Lack of communication
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Closure: Make a Plan

  • Go back to goals and timeline…
  • Acknowledge approaching end of timeline if

established

  • Review goals and accomplishments
  • Decide whether to continue with an informal

mentoring relationship (outside of goals and action plan)

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Formal Mentorship Program

Need:

  • Mentoring Champion
  • Support from association and/or organization
  • Planning time and committee

Benefits:

  • Formal infrastructure to facilitate relationships
  • Create opportunity for all
  • Eliminate closed networks and give mentees the

same options as everyone else Pick two…

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What we learn….

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#mentoringforthewin

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Want to learn more? Sources:

Help them Grow or Watch them Go, Beverly Kaye and Julie Winkle Giulioni Power Mentoring, Ellen Ensher So You Want to Start a Mentorship Program, Nancy Kasmar The Mentor’s Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships, Luis J. Zachary