1. What would you choose?
One year with Oprah or Bill or $1,000,000?

2. Impact of Mentoring Gain Confidence Feel Reassured Hear Encouragement
Get Inspired
Build Relationships
Open Your Eyes to New Possibilities and Ideas
Achieve Goals
Move Forward

3. When a mentor can help Exploring careers and job opportunities
Moving sideways or up within your organization
Overcoming conflicts with managers and colleagues
Building your network
Making tough decisions
Developing skills
Achieving goals

4. Mentee benefits
75% of executives point to mentoring as playing key roles in their careers.
- ASTD
Receive advice, guidance, encouragement and inspiration
Expand your professional networks
Practice skills such as interviewing, networking, leading a meeting and presentation skills through role playing and attending events with your mentor

5. Mentor benefits
59% of people who received development support were now, in turn, supporting others. - Catalyst
Pay-it-forward
Share your knowledge and experiences with others
Develop your mentoring, leadership and communication skills

6. Building Profile

7. Finding Mentors

8. Invitation Message Compliment them Tell them why
Ask for a few minutes of their time

9. Following-Up Re-iterate interest and excitement
Make it easy for them to say Yes

10. Mentoring Relationships

11. Meeting Format Establish rapport and progress updates
Mentoring activity
Summarize conversation and action items
Schedule next meeting

12. Mentee Tips Dig deep by responding and reflecting
Ask questions about their experiences
Be receptive to new ideas and feedback
Be positive
Stay focussed
Set the agenda and be prepared
Practice skills in-between meetings
Keep mentoring relationship on track
Send progress updates

13. Mentor Tips Back and forth conversations
Listen
Share experiences and stories
Ask questions, don’t provide answers
Check-in
Connect to people and resources
Provide constructive feedback
Follow the mentees lead
Develop mentoring confidence

14. Timelines
Mentors receive log in details on _________. You will need to complete your profile by _________
Mentees receive log in details on _________. You will need to complete your profile by _________
Mentees to search for a mentor from _________ to _________

15. How Our Program Works 6-month mentoring relationship
Meet for a minimum of 30 minutes per month
Complete mentoring agreement
Set goals
Track hours