Category: Company culture

A Diagnostic Checklist for Your Mentoring Program

All stakeholders in the mentoring process—the company, the mentor, and the mentee—benefit when mentors think and act strategically.

Whether you’re just beginning a mentoring program or already have one, consider the following diagnostic checklist of effective mentoring practices to identify potential improvements for your process:

  • Is mentoring a priority?
  • How visible are your mentee’s assignments to upper management?
  • How and how often do you review progress on assignments with your mentee?
  • What resources are available to help your mentee learn and navigate the workplace culture?
  • How does the mentee learn about external market and industry dynamics that affect your business?
  • Do you have a mentoring process that specifically addresses senior-level mentees?

For a deeper dive into this post, along with “answers” to the diagnostic questions above, see the full text article in the AMA Playbook, accessible here https://playbook.amanet.org/training-articles-checklist-evaluate-mentoring-program/#.XGrZWxEhYCQ.link

 

Mentor or Role Model? How About Both!

In the workplace, mentors have a powerful influence on those they mentor. The mentor is a role model whose day-to-day behavior shapes the workplace culture. Being a role model involves more than just job competency. It involves mentoring yourself first, before you mentor or manage others. Here are 7 tips to mentor yourself in order to mentor others and together to influence the larger workplace culture:

  1. CHOOSE your words carefully before you speak
  2. CONSIDER the consequences before you act
  3. BE AWARE of your emotions without allowing them to dictate your decisions
  4. LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN
  5. LEARN from others
  6. DEMONSTRATE loyalty
  7. TAKE TIME to check yourself frequently on how you’re doing as a role model and plan corrective action accordingly

If practiced consistently, these 7 tips will help you shape a workplace culture that’s respectful, honest, and mature. How powerful is that!