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MENTOR • Be Friendly! As a mentor, try to get to know your mentee and learn about his/her hobbies and personality. It will help you to click and communicate better in the best possible way and allow your mentee to open up and trust in you!
• Clear Expectations! This is a partnership! Understand the mentee’s goals within the TMI program and set realistic and timely goals to work towards it! Example: some mentees want to do speeches, while some want to lead. Adapt your advice towards it!
• Be Available Give priority to your mentee whenever possible, for them contact you. Your support gives them confidence! So try to have time for that quick chat, or late e-mail, or whatever it may be to help them in their times of TMI needs!
• Don’t forget to check in! Sometimes, your mentee might be too shy or scared to ask you questions so check in every now and then to see if they need help for an upcoming speech, role or just in general! Pick up the phone and communicate with them!
• Be Patient Remember, mentoring is not a race to the finel line. Don’t encourage goals just for the sake of achievements. Both you and your mentee will grow your skills together. Perhaps your mentee does not catch on really well, but you must be patient and work with your mentee and find a way that does.
• Be a positive rolemodel Stay positive and energetic! Be a role model that your mentee can aspire to. If you don’t attend meetings and don’t do roles with energy, how do you expect your mentee to follow? Be the positive atmosphere!
• Be a FRIEND, not A BOSS! A mentee should never feel obligated to take your advice. Mentoring is not a boss and employee relationship. Be a friend, a teacher, and learn from each other!
Be a FRIEND, not a BOSS!