Tips Before Starting The Mentoring Process

Here are some tips before embarking on the mentoring process. :

• Decide on the measurable and intangible results/milestones of mentoring.

• Have a serious discussion about the sharing of intellectual property and privacy issues.

• Choose Mentors carefully - there should be a review of their performance.

• Mentors should not offer their expertise for more than a year - this is to give a new perspective to things.

• Mentors should send confidential written reports of the their specific mentoring development to a supervisor.

• Find out if the potential proteges are open-minded enough to be mentored.

• Are both Mentor and Protege open to using the e-media platform for mentoring?

• Publish and document the process.