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“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they
could because someone else thought they could.”
—Anonymous
“A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.”
—Oprah Winfrey
R
EFLECTION
In this experience you will use a
Mentoring Scoring and Assessment worksheet
as a way to reflect upon
mentoring relationships that you or others have experienced. You will also complete a
Mentoring Plan-
ning worksheet
to help you prepare for entering into your own mentoring relationships in order to realize
increased self-growth.
P
URPOSE
Mentors have been instrumental in transforming the lives of many of the greatest performers. The effective
choosing of mentors is a skill that will reap a tremendous return on this investment. Once a mentor has
been recruited, the mentor wants to be effectively utilized. The knowledge of the mentoring process and
personal development methodology will provide you the means to produce a valuable experience for both
you and your mentors.
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BJECTIVES
1. To analyze the impact that people other than your parents have had on your growth and development
2. To read and analyze the from two perspectives: mentee and mentor
D
ISCOVERY
E
XERCISE
Think about your personal history and identify the three individuals in your life, other than parents
or guardians, who have most helped you to become the person that you want to be. For each of these
individuals, determine the three areas where they helped you to grow or develop and how they did that
(through what types of action or activity). Also determine the characteristics the individual had that enabled
them to help facilitate your growth. Use the
Mentoring Gifts worksheet
on the following page.
R
EADINGS
Overview of Mentoring
More on Mentoring
R
ESOURCES
Mentoring Gifts worksheet