Step 3
Set the Direction
“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”
—John F. Kennedy
Overview
• Formulate development goals for mentoring.
• Craft a method for your meetings.
• Establish the expectation of momentum between meetings.
Not too long ago, I worked for a large company whose offices were in several buildings, connected via pass-throughs, but only on certain floors. During my initial visit to this company, after my first appointment, I called my next client to ask for directions to his office. Before he gave me an answer, what did he want to know? He wanted to know from where I was starting. If he just told me he was on the fifth floor, I might have wandered for quite a while, minimizing our time together, ...
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