3. Timeline
Gauge Interest F2F Orientation Active Mentoring Wrap-up
Jun Oct Dec June
Recruit & Match
November: Based on survey responses, mentors & mentees - matched
Program: Active Mentoring to run December to June 2013
4. What is Mentorship?
Mentorship is the process of harnessing experience
and knowledge and sharing it with others.
It is about people learning from each other and
applying the learning.
Opportunity to share their professional knowledge,
expertise and career perspective with others
5. Guidelines
NOT A JOB SEARCH FORUM
We are all mature adults It’s up to you
Program establishes structure
Program makes the connections
You need to drive it, stick with it, and make it work!
Mentor & Mentee MUST give time and energy to
the mentoring partnership to make it work
Must: be open to new ideas, and trust each other
6. Objective
Connect individuals in the profession and provide the
opportunity to learn from each other’s experience
Provide experienced Sounding Board
-technical experience
-marketing experience
-career guidance
Opportunity to share
-leadership talent
-strengthen your network
-2 way street
8. Commitment
6 months (Dec - May)
F2F Orientation & Meet Mentee
Regular mentor/mentee meetings
Min: 1 hour / month
Default: 1st Wed of each Month – 1 hr (7:00-8:00pm)
Mentor Support & Best Practice Group – 30 mins
Mentees: Mid Point Check – follow up call
Feedback Survey: June
Follow-through on commitments
9. Step 1: Build Relationship
Establish trust
Get to know each other
Establish mutual trust and respect confidentially
Explore mentor / mentee history
Share both good AND bad experiences
Allow for open and honest communication
Understand how the mentee prefers to learn;
appreciate differences in learning styles and pace
10. Step 2: Goals
Set Mentor Goals
What does the Mentor want to accomplish?
ie: Groom a mentee / Develop leadership / Guide skills-career
Set Mentee Goals
a) Mentee wants to attain …
b) Objective milestones …
c) Guidance/Right Q’s - based on Mentor’s experience
11. Step 3: Coach & FollowUp
Mentors: Keep it Positive!
Help mentee outline Goals & Plan of Action (POA)
Review Actions taken & Progress
Provide clear feedback on their progress
Key: Open / Honest communication
Celebrate accomplishments!
13. Mentoring Panel
Mentors: Lee Garrison
Charles Dimov
Mentees: Samantha Sharkov
Elizabeth Hosein
14. Topics for 1:1’s
Your career journey and how you managed it
Building Working Relationships / an organization
Working across regions and geographies
Increasing Visibility within an Organization
Building networks
Functional Expertise
Qualities of a Star Performer
Leadership
Influencing Others
Diversity Issues
15. Not Expected!
NO: Provide personal intro’s
NO: Spend more time than agreed
NO: Take lead in the relationship
setting up all meetings / drive career development
NO: Continue beyond June 2012
16. Confidentiality
TPMA Execs will not reveal any of your personal
information to other members participating in the pilot
program or any of the TPMA exec team
Your personal information will never be posted on our
TPMA website
Your email address will be provided to only your
Mentor/Mentee group
CRUCIAL: maintain confidentiality and absolutely avoid
disclosure of any personal information outside the 1:1
17. Extra Reading…
The Mentor Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships
Managers as Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning
Secrets of a CEO Coach (coaching techniques you can use both for yourself and
for others)
The Heart of Mentoring: 10 Proven Principles for Developing People to their
Fullest Potential
The Elements of Mentoring
The Manager’s Pocket Guide to Effective Mentoring
Coaching and Mentoring for Dummies
The Protégé ’s Guide: How to Have a Successful Relationship with a Mentor
The Protégé ’s Guide to Mentoring
18. Recommendation…
Solid Overview for Mentors
Many many examples and
stories
Ethical guidance
19. First Contact…
Call out Numbers
Mentor & Mentee please stand
Get together F2F
15min F2F exercise
Back in room for Wrap-Up
20. 15min F2F Exercise
Introduce each other
Background, work, experience, hobbies, family/children…
Exchanged contact info (email / phone #)
Set time / date / place / length for next 1:1
phone / skype / in-person [Starbucks, Tim Hortons…]
First Wed. of month – from 7:00-8:00pm (1hr)
Mentee to call Mentor on home telephone number
Discuss Goals:
How do you hope to give back as a Mentor?
As a Mentee what learnings will help you most?
23. Contacts / Resources
Contact: mentorship@tpma.ca
Charles Dimov
Office: 416-207-7806
Email: cdimov@hotmail.com
Mentorship Blog & Forum
http://www.tpma.ca/mentorshipblog
For the Mentorship Program - these pages and resources are only
visible and accessible to members of the Mentorship Program
Participants Group
25. Final Words…
Thanks to all of you who chose to partake.
Deepest thanks to all the Mentors
Keep your commitments to each other
Stick with it!
Make it happen!
Learn Something!
Have Fun!