1st Period

A truly great mentor is hard to find, difficult to part with, and impossible to forget!

Commitment=Conduit

• Commitment

  Being readily available is necessary for a strong constructive mentoring relationship.

• Conduit (contacts)

  Helping to network as they follow their career path and help increase their visibility.

2nd Period

Coaching=Critiques

• Coaching

  Listening and asking the necessary questions. Helping to clarify and support short-term goals and longer-term aspirations.

• Challenging a mentee’s thinking and sometimes being the Devil’s advocate to encourage their development. Critique growth.

3rd Period

Counselor=Career Cheerleader

• Counselor

  Not chastisement but encouragement that provides effective tools to help them improve and grow. Staying connected.

• Cheering as they grow and encourage them to do the same for another. Celebrating their successes.

The goal of GMF mentors is to take their own expertise and accumulated wisdom and pass it on to the next generation.

Mentor like Mace!

In the Greek classic, The Odyssey,  Mentor was Odysseus's trusted counselor, the wise teacher of Telemachu, and in whose guise Athena became his son’s guardian. The Oxford dictionary defines the word mentor: (Noun) as an experienced and trusted advisor,

(Verb) to advise and/or train. Author Eric Parsloe said: “Mentoring is to support and encourage people to manage their own learning in order that they may maximize their potential, develop their skills, improve their performance and become the person they want to be.”