Being a good mentor – you can mentor people too!
Now that you know how to be mentored and once you have gained some experience in this process and built a mentor relationship, think about how you could mentor other people. There are some guidelines to keep in mind when you are ready to start mentoring people.
Here are five things to consider while mentoring people:
- Build experience: mentors do best when they have done it
- Be one step ahead of your mentees
- Listen, listen, listen
- Mentors are not coaches: help direct their efforts
- Mentors are not teachers: help them do it in real life
Mentoring is not only great for the mentee. It is also helpful for the mentor. When you teach, you better understand what you are teaching, and that helps you deepen your knowledge of the things that you are good at. When you mentor others, you are trying to help them do what you have already done. It motivates you to keep growing toward your own goals. A mentor also...
