1. The Mentor Relationship
Floyd Ogle
COM600
04/28/2015

2. Define & Explain Mentorship
 Mentor: someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced
and often younger person
 A person may have many mentors over the course of their life
 A person may, and often should, have several mentors at one time
 I have specific mentors for specific disciplines and various mentors for various stages of my life
 Amy Smith (2015) agrees; she says, “I've found that having several mentors is needed to
address the twists, turns, breadth, and depth that careers take over time” (para. 5).
 A mentoring relationship is one of trust, confidence, and intimacy
 The mentor relationship can be more intimate than the workplace relationship can
accommodate or afford

3. How to Find Mentors
 Figure out why you need a mentor
 Identify potential places to meet a mentor
 Ask them out for coffee
 Look your best and be prepared
 Say, “Thank You”
 Set up another meeting (optional)
(Jessica Friedman, 2012, p. 14-15)

4. How to Maintain the Relationship
 We are all aware that people come and go from our lives, this is natural
 If we finish construction, and the lift is still inside … We have a problem!
 Show honor to the person and the relationship
 If you are meeting, BE ON TIME!!!
 Show an attitude of gratitude
 Be as open and honest as you can
 Tell them of the impact that they are having
 Let them see the areas that adjustments are being made

5. My Mentors
 I have been fortunate to have a number of great mentors
 I had a mentor in my previous career
 I have a financial mentor
 I have an educational mentor
 I am certain that I will have a mentor in my next career
 Non-Traditional Mentors
 Mentor: someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced person
 I believe that you can be “distance mentored” through books, blogs, podcasts, etc

6. References
Friedman, J. (2012, 09). Choosing a mentor is like dating: 5 steps for finding a
mentor without a formal mentoring program. Contract Management, 52, 14-
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Mentor. (2015). In Meriam-Webster online. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/mentor
Smith, A. (2011). The makings of a mentor. Consulting - Specifying Engineer,
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