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Mentoring Program Communications Activities
Mid-cycle Stage, Activities 19-25
Activities 19-25 are appropriate to use by individual pairs as
their relationship develops.
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Activity 19
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Personal Professional Development Planning |
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Purpose |
To stimulate reflection on the protégé’s career plans and act as
a focus for discussions on these plans with their mentor. |
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Approximate Time |
At least 30 minutes |
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Resources Needed |
- Both partners
- A copy of
worksheet 19 for each participant
- Reflective journal |
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Steps |
Protégés use the questions on the worksheet to
reflect on their career goals. Protégés record their reflections
in their journal for discussions with their mentor. |
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Activity 20
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Real Plays—Getting it Right Next Time |
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Purpose |
To practice interpersonal skills required by the protégé for a
specific purpose.
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Approximate Time |
45-60 minutes |
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Resources Needed |
- Both partners |
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Steps |
View
the steps for this activity. |
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Activity 21
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Reviewing our Relationship |
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Purpose |
To practice interpersonal skills required by the protégé for a
specific purpose.
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Approximate Time |
Up to 30 minutes |
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Resources Needed |
- Both partners
- Reflective journals |
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Steps |
Ask each participant to consider the following. Use the
reflective journal to record initial thoughts.
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In your role as a
mentor or protégé, identify any significant moment(s) during
the past three months.
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Describe what
happened, why it was significant and what impact it had on
you.
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Discuss these
reflections with your partner.
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Where do you plan
to go from here in your mentoring relationship?
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Where do you plan
to go from here with your goals?
Discuss these reflections with your partner. |
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Activity 22
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Sharing Secrets |
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Purpose |
To provide a framework for feedback discussions to increase the
mentor’s and protégés knowledge of themselves and their partner. |
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Approximate Time |
At least 30 minutes |
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Resources Needed |
- Both partners
- Whiteboard
- Markers |
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Steps |
View
the steps for this activity. |
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Activity 23 |
Self-talk Attitudes |
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Purpose |
To stimulate discussion on helpful and unhelpful attitudes. |
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Approximate Time |
15 minutes |
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Resources Needed |
- Both partners
- A copy of
worksheet 23 for each participant |
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Steps |
Pairs use the statements on the worksheets to stimulate
discussion on negative self-talk. |
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Activity 24 |
Now and Then |
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Purpose |
To reflect on the past and present and where participants would
like to be in five years. |
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Approximate Time |
At least 30 minutes |
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Resources Needed |
- Both partners
- A copy of
worksheet 24 for each participant |
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Steps |
This activity can be conducted as a self-reflective activity by
mentors or protégés, by mentoring pairs during the course of
their relationship, or can be used as part of the training
program. |
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Activity 25 |
Personal Task Audit |
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Purpose |
To provide a framework with which protégés can compare job or
personal goals and the time allocated to achieving these in any
given week. This activity can be completed during the mid-cycle
training program, or by protégés at any stage during the
relationship.
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Approximate Time |
At least 30 minutes |
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Resources Needed |
- Both partners
- A copy of
worksheet 25 for each participant |
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Steps |
Protégés use the worksheet to complete a personal task audit
and, with their mentor’s help, plan to use their time more
effectively to achieve their goals. |
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