The document discusses strategic mentoring solutions to connect people, create value, and foster collaborations. It introduces the panelists from various defense companies and outlines the topics to be covered, including identifying mentoring fundamentals, enriching the mentoring experience, pairing mentoring matches, using social media for collaboration, and summarizing best practices. The panel will also take questions from the audience.

1. Strategic Mentoring Solutions:
Connect People, Create Value and Foster Winning
Collaborations
Panelists:
Marc Tate Shan Cooper
Principal Vice President
Booz Allen Hamilton Lockheed Martin Corporation
Sean Wardlow Bettye Smith Charles Harbor-Clark
Senior Associate Director Director
Booz Allen Hamilton Lockheed Martin Corporation Raytheon Corporation
February 16-18, 2012 | Philadelphia, PA
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2. Table Of Contents
Panelist Introductions
Identify strategic mentoring fundamentals and characteristics
Examine way to enrich the experience
Explore ways to identify and pair successful mentoring matches
Examine successful collaboration and networking strategies that
connect people
Summary
Open Forum: Q&A
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3. Panelist Introductions
• Marc Tate, Principal at Booz Allen Hamilton
• Charles Harbor-Clark, Director at Raytheon
• Shan Cooper, Vice President at Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Sean Wardlow, Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton
• Bettye Smith, Director at Lockheed Martin Corporation
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4. Table Of Contents
Panelist Introductions
Identify strategic mentoring fundamentals and characteristics
Examine ways that enrich the experience
Explore ways to identify and pair successful mentoring matches
Examine successful collaboration and networking strategies that
connect people
Summary
Open Forum: Q&A
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5. What is Mentoring?
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6. Mentoring Characteristics
• Mentoring is a dynamic developmental
process that facilitates professional and
personal growth.
• Mentoring relationships can be short or long
term as well as structured or unstructured.
• Long term, structured mentoring relationships
are built on trust and develop one
conversation at a time.
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7. Effective Mentoring Fundamentals
• Effective mentors:
– Understand that living is about giving.
– Open their world to their mentoring partners.
– Model character.
– Recognize that Mentoring + Reproduction =
Legacy.
Source: http://www.heartofmentoring.com/excerpts/
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8. Table Of Contents
Panelist Introductions
Identify strategic mentoring fundamentals and characteristics
Examine ways that enrich the experience
Explore ways to identify and pair successful mentoring matches
Examine successful collaboration and networking strategies that
connect people
Summary
Open Forum: Q&A
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9. Enriching the Experience
• Mentoring is invisible.
– Mentoring is fundamentally a private and confidential
relationship.
– Extremely important to celebrate successes and highlight
professional development that has benefited from mentoring.
• Link mentoring to other improvement
initiatives.
– If mentoring is seen as a single initiative void of relationship
to career or personal goals then it is AT RISK.
Source: Strategies for Sustaining a Mentoring Program http://www.teachermentors.com/Sustain.php
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10. Table Of Contents
Panelist Introductions
Identify strategic mentoring solutions
Examine ways that enrich the experience
Explore ways to identify and pair successful mentoring matches
Examine successful collaboration and networking strategies that
connect people
Summary
Open Forum: Q&A
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11. A Match Made in…
• A mentoring relationship can be initiated by a
mentor, mentee, or matched by the
organization or a mutual acquaintance.
• A few best practices in use today that inspire
matching are:
– Host speed mentoring events
– Establish a mentor match database
– Formulate mentoring circles
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12. Speed Mentoring
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13. Mentor Match Database
Criteria Mentoring Categories
• Career Development
• Availability • Career Transition
• Contact information • Expertise
• Interaction preference (F2F, • Leadership
Virtual)
• Organization/Time Management
• Area of expertise
• Organizational Savvy
• Certifications Held
• People Development
• Languages spoken
• Presentation Skills
• I want to be a mentor
• Senior Voice/Presence
• I need a mentor
• Social Media
• Teamwork and Collaboration
• Work/Life Balance
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14. Mentoring Circles
• Consists of 1 to 2 mentors and 6 to 10
mentees
• Meetings are topic/subject driven
• Facilitated in a round-table type style
• Mentor(s) learn as much as the
mentee(s)
• Frequency dependent upon member’s
availability
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15. Table Of Contents
Panelist Introductions
Identify strategic mentoring fundamentals and characteristics
Examine ways that enrich the experience
Explore ways to identify and pair successful mentoring matches
Examine successful collaboration and networking strategies that
connect people
Summary
Open Forum: Q&A
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16. 21st Century Collaboration &
Networking = Social Media
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17. Table Of Contents
Panelist Introductions
Identify strategic mentoring fundamentals and characteristics
Examine ways that enrich the experience
Explore ways to identify and pair successful mentoring matches
Examine successful collaboration and networking strategies that
connect people
Summary
Open Forum: Q&A
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18. Summary
• Mentoring is strategic and structured.
• Be an effective mentor by ensuring the experience
counts for all parties involved.
• Mentor matches can be facilitated by speed
mentoring, match databases, and mentoring circles.
• Use social media tools to the advantage of any
mentoring program or relationship.
• Also be innovative and create what works for you.
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19. Table Of Contents
Panelist Introductions
Identify strategic mentoring fundamentals and characteristics.
Examine ways that enrich the experience.
Explore ways to identify and pair successful mentoring matches.
Examine successful collaboration and networking strategies that
connect people.
Summary
Open Forum: Q&A
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20. Source: Horsesmouth http://www.horsesmouth.co.uk/
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