Tools and Figures
Tools
1-1. The Essentials of the Seven Guiding Principles of Successful Mentors
1-2. Questions to Uncover Your Motivation and Assumptions About Mentoring
1-3. The Mentoring Process Framework
1-4. Mentoring Readiness Checklist
2-1. Sample Questions to Gain an Understanding of Your Mentoring Partner
2-2. Seven Topics to Discuss About Working Together
2-3. Mutual Mentoring Agreement Template
3-1. Highlights of Mentee Development Goal Setting
3-3. Development Options for Mentees Between Mentoring Meetings
4-1. Three As of Assignments Geared for Significant Development
4-2. Sample Development Possibilities in the Current Work Environment
4-3. Eight Thinking and Planning Methods
4-4. Questions to Ask When Preparing Your Mentee to Apply New Behaviors
4-5. Three Steps for Mentees to Create a Cadre of True Development Partners
4-6. Questions to Use With Your Mentee to Debrief a Development Experience
4-7. Mentor’s Personal Record of Leveraging Experience for Own Development
5-1. Our Interior Process and Implications for the Mentor
5-2. Getting to Know Your Mentee More Deeply
5-3. Five Actions to Help Mentees Increase Self-Awareness
6-1. Suggestions for Using Four Types of Questions During Mentoring Conversations
6-2. Four Actions for Layering Questions for Bigger Outcomes
6-3. The Five Bes of Respectfully Asking Questions
6-4. Sample Questions to Ask Yourself to Enrich Your Mentoring
7-1. Format to Conduct Role Plays
7-2. Diversifying Your Mentee’s Development Options
7-3. Sample Format for Mentors’ Peer Group
8-1. Questions to Start the Conversation About Influence
8-2. Understanding Your Mentee’s Influence Skills
8-3. Proof That Influence Skills Are Increasing
9-1. Taking Stock of the Mentoring Relationship
9-2. Masterfully Working With Mentees Who Are Challenging
9-3. Managing Inadvertent Diverters
10-1. Signs It Is Time for a Mentoring Wrap-Up
10-2. The Mentor’s Reflective Guide About Extending the Mentoring Relationship
10-3. Before-and-After Scenarios
10-4. Mentor’s Guide to the Wrap-Up Meeting
10-5. Questions to Consolidate Your Learning From the Mentoring Experience
Figures
1-1. The Seven Guiding Principles of Successful Mentors
2-1. Six Mentor Behaviors Crucial for Mentor Mastery
3-1. Formulate Mentee Development Goals
4-1. The Four Es of Leveraging Experience for Development
5-1. Five Components of Expanding Growth Using Everyday Psychology
6-1. Four Types of Questions to Use in Mentoring
7-1. Four Standards for Selecting a Development Option
8-1. Four Skills That Increase Your Mentee’s Influence