The Manager's Pocket Guide to Effective Mentoring

Use of the Mentee Profile Form

The Mentee Profile Form can be utilized to reveal a portrait of a mentee’s past background, present objectives and concerns, and future plans.

The mentee can be asked to complete the form before the first meeting (if possible) to accelerate the introductory stage of the mentoring process, as well as to provide a concrete reference point around which to center the dialogue of the early sessions.

Mentors will often find that locating the focus of the initial discussions in tangible issues can prevent the impression some mentees report of abstract, unproductive, and time-consuming meandering rather than focused meetings that identify pathways appropriate to their own individual and unique perspective.

By using the ...