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- 34. Slide 36: For mentors: Find someone to
mentor who is willing to take a risk, someone
who isn’t afraid to make mistakes and learn
from them. Also, make yourself available.
Mentees will know you are busy, but if you
make it clear that you are accessible, he or she
is more likely to come to you with issues they
want guidance on or help with. If you want to
be a mentor, make the time to be a mentor!
For mentees: be proactive and ask for
guidance. The goal isn’t to show a mentor that
you know it all; it’s to show him or her that
you’re always thinking, that you have assessed
the situation or thought of an idea or solution,
and then asking what your mentor thinks.
Mentorships are based heavily on that
principle. Also, be willing to listen. If you aren’t
listening, then you aren’t teachable, and can’t
be mentored. So keep an open mind and ear!
Finally, for both mentors and mentees: trust
each other wholeheartedly. There needs to be
mutual trust as a foundation for growth.