Selecting your Mentee:

When selected someone to coach or mentor, take in consideration these suggested guidelines:

• Seek a person who is in your professional field for practice who is at an appropriate level compared to your position. For example, a mid-level manager would not be in a position to mentor a VP or CEO.
• Avoid selecting immediate family members.
• If a peer/friend is selected, be sure you can maintain a professional level of communication for the coaching/mentoring relationship. Boundaries need to be in place to avoid a relationship that is too unfocused or casual.
• Assess mentee candidates for initiative, eagerness, engagement, responsibility, organization, and communication skills.
• An ideal candidate is someone in your professional field who is goal-oriented and receptive to receiving and providing constructive feedback.
• Ensure mentee candidate has availability throughout the semester to engage in the coaching/mentoring relationship. This is a minimum commitment of 5 weeks.

Directions for Documenting Your Plan:

During your coaching and mentoring experience, you are required to complete a self-reflection log of your experiences and obstacles. Over the course of the semester, you will complete a variety of templates that will help to inform the final plan for your mentee. These templates will be helpful components to evaluating and modifying the overall coaching/mentoring experience.

Complete the Mentee details. Then respond to the prompts on the following page.

Mentee Name:

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Evaluate Your Personal Readiness to Coach/Mentor Others

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Coach/Mentor Value Proposition

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Mentee Vision

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