1. PMI® Central Illinois Chapter www.pmi-cic.org
Chapter Mentoring Program
Ingrid Holliday, VP of Membership
Ajit Kolekar, Director of Mentoring Program
2018
PMI® Central Illinois Chapter
In a competitive global economy, PMI gives project managers and professionals the tools and support you need to make your mark on the profession.

2. WHY MENTORING ?
One of PMI Strategic Objectives is to make leadership excellence a strategic competency:
Create a model for developing a strategic competency in leadership excellence that would be based on a culture of learning, founded on respect and support for one another.
Source: PMI Strategic Plan (November 2004)

3. MENTORING Benefits Acquire knowledge and enhance professional skills
Learning more efficiently
Gaining increased confidence
Receive practical advice
Increase professional network
Pass on years of experience
Broadened perspective

4. Mentor/Mentee Expectations
Mentee is a person who seeks to develop with the help of mentor.
Mentee takes responsibility for their personal development including identifying his/her own goals and makes plan to meet them.
A Mentor is an experienced, wise and trusted adviser, counsellor or teacher, who helps mentee build skills to reach their goals.
Mentee owns and drives the relationship.
Mentor and Mentee makes commitment to the relationship.

5. Mentor/Mentee Expectations
The Mentor and Mentee will collaboratively develop a customized Project Management mentoring plan and conduct ongoing reviews to determine progress against the plan.
Discuss and schedule the probable length of formal mentor/mentee partnership.
The Mentoring Plan objectives must be practical, time bound, and specific.
The Mentoring program will be focused on Project Management related topics.

6. Progress & Next Steps You are encouraged to
Signup for mentoring program
Review the mentoring information on PMI-CIC site
Quality vs. Quantity – Providing quality benefits to the membership
Additional pairings as well as other events will be arranged in future

7. Questions?
Thank you for being a part of our community!