1. Maximizing the Relationship with your Mentor(s)
Christine Pfund, PhD
Associate Director, Research Education and Career Development Core
Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Director, Mentor Training Core, National Research Mentoring Network
Department of Medicine
Center for Women’s Health Research
Wisconsin Center for Education Research
University of Wisconsin-Madison

2. Defining Mentoring
A collaborative learning relationship that proceeds through purposeful stages over time and has the primary goal of helping mentees acquire the essential competencies needed for success in their chosen career.
It includes using one’s own experience to guide another through an experience that requires BOTH personal and intellectual growth and development.
Applies to research mentoring, career coaching, peer mentoring, virtual mentoring, and in some cases advising. MM
Pfund et al, AIDS and Behavior, 2016;
McGee, AIDS and Behavior, 2016

3. Attributes of Effective Mentoring Relationships
Research Development
Teaching disciplinary knowledge
Providing technical training
Accurately assessing understanding of disciplinary knowledge and skills
Promoting ethical behaviors and responsible conduct of research
Interpersonal
Active listening/ communication
Aligning expectations
Building trusting relationships
Active coaching
Psychosocial
Providing motivation
Developing mentee career self-efficacy
Developing mentee research self-efficacy
Developing science identity
Developing a sense of belonging
Diversity/Cultural
Cultural self-knowledge
Advancing equity and inclusion
Being culturally responsive
Reducing impact of bias
Reducing stereotype threat
Sponsorship
Fostering independence
Promoting professional development
Expanding mentee networks
Actively advocating
Fostering work-life integration
Blue = we had materials for at least one career stage
Red = targeted during year 1
Pfund et al, AIDS and Behavior, 2016

4. Mentoring Up Adapted from Gabarro and Kotter (1980) Harvard Business Review. Entering Research: Workshops for Students Beginning Research in Science. Branchaw, J., Pfund, C. and Rediske, R. (2010). W.H. Freeman & Co., New York. Mentoring Up: Learning to Manage Your Mentoring Relationships Lee, S., Pfund,C., Branchaw, J., and McGee, R. (in press) In The Mentoring Continuum: From Graduate School Through Tenure. Glenn Wright, ed. Syracuse, NY: The Graduate School Press of Syracuse University. Beyond “Finding Good Mentors” to “Building and Cultivating Your Mentoring Team” (in press) Rick McGee, Steve Lee, Christine Pfund, Janet Branchaw National Postdoc Association

5. Goals of “Mentoring Up”
Think and assess what you are seeking from your mentors
Shift from thinking about good and bad mentors to the core attributes of effective mentoring relationships
Recognize that effective mentoring is not just about mentors guiding mentees, but also about mentees guiding mentors – mentoring up
Learn more about recent theoretical, practical and research advances to guide development of effective mentoring skills
Become familiar with key resources to continue building your skills as mentees (and mentors)

6. Who Are Your Mentors Currently?
Create a map of your mentoring “mosaic”
YOU
Dr. Y
Mary
YOU
Dr. X
Kelly
Winston
Fred
YOU
Ann
James
Dr. K

7. Roles Mentors Can Play: On your Mentoring Map, write the role(s) each of your mentors play If you have a role that no one is serving (but you need) then draw a line to an empty shape on your map
Designing research
Establishing goals
Writing grants
Finding funding
Managing your career
Managing staff
Leading teams
Preparing for promotion
Cultural competence
Navigating institution
Managing care
Managing conflict
Speaking before groups
Knowing career paths
Teaching effectively
Hiring personnel
Collaborating effectively
Managing budgets
Managing data
Mentoring others
Giving feedback
Evaluating literature
Assessing students
Medical informatics
Organizational dynamics
Providing Encouragement
Networking
Other: