Mentor Benefits, Roles and Responsibilities
Benefits
Your mentee will be a student, junior member, or internationally-trained professional looking for guidance as they enter or navigate through the profession. Some of the benefits of mentoring include:
- Pride and satisfaction from nurturing the skills and confidence of the mentee
- Enhanced self-esteem and a sense of being valued
- New business ideas
- Enhanced communication and leadership skills (coaching, listening, counselling, modeling)
- Improved ability to share experience and knowledge
- Career enhancement
- Improved job satisfaction, commitment, and enthusiasm
- Expansion of your personal and professional network
- Challenging discussion and exposure to fresh perspectives
- Profession development opportunity (complete one of your annual CPD requirements)
- Greater understanding of barriers faced by junior members and internationally-trained professionals
Roles and Responsibilities
The mentor plays a leadership role in building the mentee’s knowledge, skills and confidence. To model effective practice and systematically manage the relationship, the mentor should:
- Asses the mentee’s level of personal maturity and level of professional and social development
- Evaluate the mentee’s professional plans and decisions
- Support and facilitate the mentee’s learning and growth through the selection and use of appropriate learning strategies
- Provide information, guidance, feedback and constructive comments
- Support and encourage, as well as identify shortfalls in desired performance
- Maintain confidentiality and respect
- Invest time and effort needed to maintain a positive and construction relationship
- Maintain regular contact and communication
- Foster the mentee’s self-confidence, self-esteem, autonomy, and motivation
- Contact ASET should you have any questions or concerns
Mentors and mentees in a mentoring partnership are also required to complete the Mentoring Partnership Agreement. This agreement assists with goal-setting, establishing a meeting schedule and expectations, and developing an action plan for the mentee.