Suggested Mentoring Topics and Activities
Hopefully you’ve had your first meeting with your mentee,
and have begun your regular monthly mentoring sessions. Summer can get busy
with everyone’s vacation plans and the great holidays so we encourage you to
make your mentoring sessions a priority throughout the summer. We’d like to
remind you that on the website we have a list of ideas for topics and
activities that you could do for each track. Here is a list of topics and
activities for the Self-Discovery Track:
· Help your mentee identify passions in life and in
potential work areas
· Discuss how your work environment affects your
personal life
·
Find possible career
options within your mentee’s areas of leisure interests
· Encourage your mentee to identify his/her
personality, interests and character strengths
· Help your mentee identify entrepreneurial skills
he/she possesses or may want to develop
· Ask your mentee about his/her leadership
abilities and experiences
· Have your mentee describe their strongest skills
and abilities
Click here to see the suggested ideas and topics for other tracks
Location/Location/Location
We emphasized earlier that where you meet can be very
important. When you have the opportunity and availability, please meet at your
place of work or another work environment at least a couple of times so that
your mentee can have the opportunity to get acquainted with your job setting. Learning about the balance between career and other interests and
responsibilities is also an important way you can inspire your mentee. We also
encourage you to join us here at UVU for an activity or an event. It doesn’t
always have to be a professional setting. Here are some activities going on at
UVU in May that you might enjoy together: For more events click here
May 9 Baseball vs. NYIT
May 11 “Trouble with Tricks”
May 14 Art of our century: opening
reception
May 16 Woodturning Symposium
May 21 Business and Economics Forum
Building
the Relationship
As you continue working together, remember that you are
building a relationship, and relationships are built on stories. Corporate
Alliance has the model, learn, serve, and grow which Jared Stewart, CEO of Corporate
Alliance demonstrated with his sister in a lecture he gave at UVU in March. Try
the following activity they demonstrated to help build your relationship.
Share with each other information from the three following areas:
·
Share a train,
plane, or automobile story. Starting with a personal story helps plant the
seed to growing your relationship.
·
Share what you are doing for a living or in your college major now,
and what your future career goals are. This helps you understand where each
other is coming from.
·
Share three current needs you have. In
order to serve each other effectively, it’s important to know what each other
really needs. As you each share your needs, try to listen carefully and decide
how you can serve each other.
Sincerely,
The CPM Team
*Corporate Alliance networking model presented by
Sarah Stewart at UVU Executive Lecture Series March 21, 2013
