Thank you Ketan for your workshop yesterday. We are really looking forward to working with you closely with CampusTec and our mentors in the near future. Here is a summary of his workshop:
Mentorship is to guide, inspire, help.
What should a mentor do?
- Build a plan – goals, aspirations and foundations
- Stay out of the driver seat – Mentee led partnership
- Trust – Build and maintain
- Ask more, Tell less – challenge and empower thinking
- Balance empathy and action – vent frustration and take action
- Foster accountability – set targets and responsibilities
- Not Solo, Get Help – tap network and get more responses
- Transitions – Be aware of them – see the growth and step back
Traits of a Mentor:
- Has the will to share skills, knowledge and expertise
- Demostrates positive attitude and act as a positive role model
- Takes a personal interest in the mentoring relationship
- Provides guidance and constructive feedback
- Is respected by colleagues
- Values the opinions and initiative of others
- Motivates others by setting model examples
To incubators&accelerators.
- Building a successful mentoring platform
- Create a bank of mentors – different and area of focus
