Mentoring Process: Being a Mentoree
If you are a mentoree, you may:
- Be a mentor as well
- Be part of an existing corporate mentoring program in your company
- Be engaged on your own in a mentoring relationship and seeking resources
Finding a mentor is one of the most important strategic career decisions you can make. Many renowned professionals have attributed their success to having had a mentor who took a personal interest in working with them during their career.
One resource you may find particularly interesting is Mentor-Quest, our interactive, web-based tool for finding a business mentor.
There are so many benefits of using mentoring in career development, including the following:
- Gaining from your mentor's expertise
- Receiving critical feedback in key areas, such as communications, interpersonal
relationships, technical abilities, change management, and leadership skills.
- Developing a sharper focus on what you need to grow professionally within your
organization or elsewhere.
- Learning specific skills and knowledge that are relevant to professional and personal
goals.
- Networking with a more influential employee.
- Gaining knowledge about your organization's culture and unspoken rules that can be
critical for success and therefore adapting more quickly to your organization's culture.
- Having a friendly ear with which to share frustrations as well as successes.
For more information about mentors or mentorees, call us at 617-789-4622 or contact us today.
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The Mentoree’s Commandments:
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It’s your job, not your mentor’s job.
- Think commitment, not lip service.
- Show up for the relationship.
- Give back and get more.
- Keep expectations realistic.
- It’s risky, but it’s healthy.
- Be yourself; we already have everybody else.
- Don’t be afraid of your mentor’s silence.
- Pay it forward.
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