Tristate Mentorship Match

Mentees: Roles & Responsibilities

• Commit to your development
• Assume responsibility for acquiring or improving skills and knowledge
• Discuss your goals with your mentor
• Be open and honest on your goals, expectations, challenges and concerns
• Actively listen and question
• Build a supportive and trusting environment
• Seek advice, opinion, feedback, and direction from your mentor
• Ask questions!
• Be open to constructive criticism/feedback and ask for it
• Come to your meetings prepared with a clear idea of what topics or issues you want to address
• Take the lead on scheduling meetings
• Respect your mentor’s time and resources
• Apply what you learn from your meetings back on the job
• Keep your supervisor informed of the process and your progress
• Give feedback to your mentor on what is working or not working in the mentoring relationship

Mentors: Roles & Responsibilities

• Support the mentee’s development of professional and interpersonal competencies through strategic questioning, goal setting, and planning
• Create a supportive and trusting environment

• Agree to, and schedule uninterrupted time with your mentee

• Stay accessible, committed, and engaged during the length of the program

• Actively listen and question

• Give feedback to the mentee on his/her goals, situations, plans and ideas

• Encourage your mentee by giving them genuine positive reinforcement

• Serve as a positive role model

• Provide frank (and kind) corrective feedback if necessary

• Openly and honestly share “lessons learned” from your own experience

• Keep discussions on track

• Respect your mentee’s time and resources

• Seek assistance if questions arise that you cannot answer