Step 1
Prepare for Your Role
“Today’s preparation determines tomorrow’s achievement.”—Anonymous
Overview
• Recognize your role as a mentor.
• Use the seven guiding principles for successful mentoring.
• Understand your motivation for being a mentor.
• Participate in a program or create your own.
• Consider the readiness checklist.
Supporting career ambitions, boosting confidence, broadening perspective, inspiring big strides, providing safe conversational space, raising awareness, building deep trust, overcoming obstacles, asking growth-provoking questions, encouraging experimentation, increasing another’s influence, sustaining momentum for growth, and demonstrating patience for learning … who can possibly do all this? You can!
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