Why You Need Mentoring Software: 9 Benefits
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Read moreAs a mentor, you act as a friend, role model, and guide to your mentee. They are looking to better themselves through the relationship, and you should too. Why? Because as a mentor, you can receive just as many benefits as the mentee. The benefits of being a mentor include improving communication skills, expanding your network, and an opportunity for self-reflection. To receive these benefits, you can’t just be a mentor, you must be a successful mentor. This means understanding the necessary tools to help you be successful.
Remember that mentoring will challenge you at times, especially when you’re unsure of what to do to help your mentee. Here are two tools for you to use that can help start your mentee off in the right direction.
The acronym SMART stands for “Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-bound,” which are the criteria your mentee should follow when writing their goals. SMART goals are a tool often taught in classes at high schools and universities, but they are valuable in every organization because of their simplicity and effectiveness. To minimize frustration and easily track progress, have your mentee write their goals following the SMART criteria.
This goal is SMART. It identifies specific tasks on a daily basis and it’s measurable by whether or not they got done on time. Use a SMART goal with your mentee when they are setting goals throughout your mentoring relationship. This tool allows them to see specific aspects of their aspirations, which helps them to achieve their goals in a more direct manner.
Going through a SWOT analysis with your mentee at the beginning of your relationship will identify the strong and weak points that you will improve together. The acronym stands for “Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.” When using this tool, you will first help your mentee identify their personal strengths and weaknesses in their role, then you will help them realize their opportunities for advancement in their lives as well as the threats to those opportunities.
Once you go through a SWOT analysis with your mentee, they can use this tool outside of the mentoring relationship.
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