*How to Find and Keep Great Mentors*
Description
Do you know what it takes to find and keep successful mentors? Mentoring is a useful strategy to help you get ahead in your career. This webinar will help you as mentees secure mentors’ help, and maximize your mentoring relationships. Learn how to:
- Identify your development needs and determine how diverse mentors can help
- Identify potential mentors
- Confidently approach potential mentors with specific requests
- Establish effective mentoring partnerships
This information-packed session will provide practical and useful tools and tips that you can implement immediately.
Agenda/Outline
- Welcome
- Agenda
- Introductions (brief)
- Basics
- What is mentoring?
- Benefits of mentoring
- Steps to Acquiring a Mentor
- Determine development needs
- Development needs assessment
- Identify potential mentors
- What to look for in each mentor
- Checklist of mentor characteristics
- Approach potential mentors
- What not to do in approaching mentors
- 6-step process for securing mentors’ help
- Exercise: Write a specific request
- Establish effective partnerships
- Build the relationships
- Discuss expectations and negotiate agreements
- Key items to discuss
- Communicate development goals and discuss your plans
- Sample development plan
- Best practices for mentees
- Closing Challenge