Professional Development: Establishing a Mentor
June 16, 2022 2023-02-23 7:39Professional Development: Establishing a Mentor
Professional Development: Establishing a Mentor
Mentoring is a two-person relationship with the purpose of professional and personal growth. The “mentor” is often an experienced person who provides information, experience, and guidance to a less experienced individual, or “mentee.”
They encourage and assist their mentees by providing general and specialized recommendations and knowledge.
Successful career development requires much more than technical and job-related skills. Mentoring is the practice of establishing official ties between younger and senior personnel of a company.
Benefits to the Mentee
- Gain valuable advice, technical expertise, interpersonal and managerial skills
- Increased competencies and stronger interpersonal skills
- Improve your communication skills
- Self-confidence in decision making within the organization
- Learn new perspectives
- Build your network
- Assistance in identifying your weaknesses and how to address them
- Advance your career
Benefits to the Mentor
- Exposure to new ideas, educational methods, technologies, and perspectives.
- Ability to pass a legacy of information and history to the next generation of employees
- Build your leadership skills
- Enhanced reputation through a demonstration of commitment to the organization
- Improve your communication skills
- Increased professional contacts through mentees’ contacts
- Opportunity for personal reflection
- Gain personal satisfaction
Benefits to the Organization
- Enhances a positive environment
- Increase in retention by boosting comfort levels of employees
- Provides a clear understanding of expectations for new employees
- High level of employee commitment and loyalty
- Develop partnerships and collaborations
- Improved employee interaction contributing to higher job performance
Successful mentoring relationships will contribute to a corporate culture that encourages the development of its young professionals.