How to Be a Great Mentee: Get More Out of Mentoring
This course helps you optimize your mentoring relationship when you are a mentee. You will learn what your role is and what you can do to meet your objectives as you work with a mentor.
What you'll learn
In this course, we talk about the power of mentoring, and specifically, your role as a mentee. We talk about finding a mentor that is right for you, and asking that person for a mentor relationship. We talk about how to optimize your meetings and communication with the mentor, and how to end the formal mentoring relationship. Implementing ideas from this course should enrich your relationship and productivity with your mentor.
Table of contents
- Introduction 1m
- Mentoring vs. Coaching vs. Counseling 1m
- Formal vs. Informal Mentors 2m
- Finding the Right Mentor 4m
- How to Ask Someone to Be Your Mentor 6m
- Defining the Objectives of the Relationship 2m
- Establishing Ground Rules 4m
- The Mentoring Contract 4m
- Keeping the Relationship Professional 3m
- Keeping the Relationship Appropriate 3m
- Mentee Key Success Factors 2m
- What Did I Miss? 0m
- Wrap-up 2m
- Introduction 0m
- Accommodating Your Mentor 1m
- Meeting Etiquette 4m
- The First Meeting 2m
- Active Listening 2m
- Receiving Feedback and Advice 2m
- Better Note-taking 4m
- Your Mentee Journal 1m
- Simulation and Role-play 2m
- Session Follow-up 1m
- Task Follow-up 1m
- The Power of Accountability 3m
- Expressing Gratitude 1m
- Helping Your Mentor 1m
- What Did I Miss? 0m
- Wrap-up 1m
- Introduction 1m
- The Last Meeting with Your Mentor 1m
- Celebrate the End of This Relationship 2m
- Your Final Mentee Email 1m
- From Mentee to Professional Colleague 2m
- Maintaining a Strong Relationship with Your Colleague 2m
- Making Introductions to Others 2m
- Your Mentee Journal: Now What? 2m
- What if You End on a Bad Note? 3m
- What Did I Miss? 0m
- Wrap-up 2m
About the author
Jason Alba has been a Pluralsight Author since 2012, specializing in soft skills and professional development. He started his IT career as an intern developing tools for a robust intranet. He transitioned to an IT manager at another company where his job included web development as well as other IT functions. After an acquisition Jason became VP and then general manager at a newly formed tech company. He founded and manages JibberJobber.com, a CRM for job seekers. Jason has authored three books.... more
