tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80899322137065719562024-03-13T16:45:50.243-07:00UVU CareerPassport MentoringMentoring is the second most important factor after education in determining a person's professional success! And one of the most important elements of the CareerPassport Program is the opportunity for UVU students to participate in a unique mentoring experience! UVU CareerPassporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17581553244239167426noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089932213706571956.post-87388280237086040412013-12-02T13:28:00.000-08:002014-01-21T08:25:07.911-08:00Multiple Mentoring Moments<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When you first begin your mentoring experience and are "learning the ropes" of mentoring, you will most likely hold to the set guidelines given you, including when and how often to meet. The
CareerPassport Program suggests that you meet at least once a month for an hour
each time, but we also encourage you to look for additional "mentoring moments",
outside of the one hour a month guideline.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Recently, the International Mentoring Associations Magazine,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Connect</i>, published an article, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Multiple Mentoring Moments</i> by Allison E.
McWilliams, Director of the Mentoring Resource Center at Wake Forest
University. In the article, Dr. McWilliams states that,</span></div>
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many different types of learners, we have also learned over the past few years
that there are opportunities to have other kinds of mentoring interactions, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mentoring moments</i>, if you will. These
mentoring moments do not require the same kind of investment on the part of the
mentor, but can still have considerable impact on the mentee.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As
a possible mentoring moment you may want to send your mentee an email about a
life experience you had that relates to what they’re currently studying, or you
could give them some feedback on something you discussed in a previous meeting
with them. You might be surprised on how much impact one email can have. Other ideas might include sending them a thank you card, or calling them on the phone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One mentoring moment you might consider is inviting your
mentee to a business lunch or dinner. This will give your mentee the
opportunity to interact with other business professionals, and even though it
may only be a one-time interaction, your mentee will have the opportunity to
connect with other business professionals to expand their network. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">No matter what the mentoring moment may be, Dr. McWilliams
suggests that all mentoring moments should have four things:</span></div>
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– </b>Mentoring expectations, goals, tools available, and other resources
should be clear to both parties.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Collaborative
Partnerships –</b> As you receive mentoring requests from CareerPassport
Students, be sure to think of ways in which you could collaborate with your
potential partner. The best collaborative partnerships are ones in which both
parties have an open mind and an equal amount to give to the relationship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Interpersonal
Interaction –</b> Even though many college students enjoy using technology to
communicate, texts, emails, etc. they also crave interpersonal interaction as
well. Even if it’s just for a short 15 minutes, meeting face to face helps
create trust, and will foster a deeper relationship between mentee and mentor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Success – </b>Giving your mentee feedback throughout the mentoring relationship,
and assessing where they are at with regards to their mentoring goals will help
them know where they need to go and what they need to do to achieve success. It
is also important to get feedback from your mentee as well. Let them assess how
you did as a mentor, and use their feedback to help you improve for your next
mentee.</span></div>
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have multiple mentoring moments, and remember the four parts to any successful
mentoring relationship. Also, be sure to get feedback from your current
mentees. Ask them what you could do better, and help make it a safe
environment for them where they can tell you their honest opinion. </span><span style="color: windowtext; mso-no-proof: yes; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">References: </b>McWilliams,
Allison E. “Multiple Mentoring Moments.” Connect Magazine. N.p., 11 2013. Web
20 Nov. 2013 </span><a href="http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1108653809372-19/CONNECT+Volume+2.pdf"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Calibri;">http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1108653809372-19/CONNECT+Volume+2.pdf</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />UVU CareerPassporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17581553244239167426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089932213706571956.post-4170365632661555742013-10-07T07:00:00.000-07:002014-01-21T08:30:29.479-08:00Using Questions in Mentoring Relationships<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Using Questions in Mentoring Relationships</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Recently, Connect Magazine published an article about using
questions in mentoring relationships by Dr. Barry Sweeny. In his article, Dr.
Sweeny talks about “high impact” questions which are used to help mentee’s grow
and learn. The high impact question, according to Sweeny, “involves a response
that demonstrates higher level, critical thinking, such as revealed by the
verbs, compare, contrast, analyze, differentiate, or even evaluate or
synthesize. Mentors KNOW they have asked a ‘high impact question’ when there is
a pause and then the protégé answers, ‘I’m going to have to THINK about that a bit
before I can answer it.’”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPHvQIMIWSneKVURHy33oxkKBWFPSJ1MSayIuMGISyNBzYydzd4OZudZUYSw_9kYfwlHkBI-3GpiBn6QMvQ67GAWBqVbuX5jk9DwhyVzKbA8QV8yyUyq5O5fa3sNC8kcqFpNmtlhrx20/s1600/mentee-1st-conversation_meeting-outside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0.25em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPHvQIMIWSneKVURHy33oxkKBWFPSJ1MSayIuMGISyNBzYydzd4OZudZUYSw_9kYfwlHkBI-3GpiBn6QMvQ67GAWBqVbuX5jk9DwhyVzKbA8QV8yyUyq5O5fa3sNC8kcqFpNmtlhrx20/s1600/mentee-1st-conversation_meeting-outside.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Asking your Mentee to analyze or evaluate something they
have done in a CareerPassport Track Activity, or in their school work, or extra curricular activities will help them to use critical
thinking skills, and if used often enough, your Mentee will expect you to use
this type of question often, and thus they will start to think more critically
about what they’re doing with their college education.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another thing Dr. Sweeny talks about is the power of
personal pronouns. If you use “We” or “Our” instead of “You” or “Your”, it
completely changes the question and can bring about a different result. Look at
the following questions Dr. Sweeny uses to see the difference between using
“We” or “Our” verses “You” and “Your.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What result do <b>you</b> want to achieve that would be
the “best case scenario”?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">• <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What
could <b>you</b> do that could lead to the best case?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">• <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What
problems might occur for <b>you</b> that would prevent achieving the best result?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">• <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What
can <b>you</b> do that might avoid problems or obstacles?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">• <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Are
there any other alternative routes <b>you</b> could take to that same best case
result?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">• <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Which
of <b>your</b> alternatives is most likely to lead to that result?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">• <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>How
will <b>you</b> start the process?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Although it
seems so subtle, there is a powerful effect in using the pronoun ‘you’ this
way. Here’s what it accomplishes:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">• The ‘you’
assumes the protégé can figure out the problem and what would be the best solution
(with the mentor’s questions as a guide).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">• The ‘you’
keeps the ownership of the problem and the responsibility for that decision making
and solution finding with the protégé.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">• It allows
the mentor to ask the kind of open-ended questions that the mentor knows a more
experienced person would ask themselves. Done a number of times with different
problems, the protégé will begin to anticipate the questions to be addressed. This
shows that the protégé is starting to internalize those questions and learning
to think that way as well, which is the goal.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now if you were to look at these same questions, using the
pronouns “We” or “Our” instead of “You” or “Your” it changes the intent and
purpose of the question. According to Dr. Sweeny,</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZL4d3L2E3eR9aIEdEgFCMedYPeHX9o_SGRZ6l1zktnpDykamAwIjT8viJifDcSZ92L_iS5pZ-MN3zioPU-WJbRnaQLlV9svcXR-uc-T0wbhipIglySo_ZRW6YZgCaWAQrGQHbTkO_uw/s1600/mentee-selecting_looking-at-clipboard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-right: 0.25em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZL4d3L2E3eR9aIEdEgFCMedYPeHX9o_SGRZ6l1zktnpDykamAwIjT8viJifDcSZ92L_iS5pZ-MN3zioPU-WJbRnaQLlV9svcXR-uc-T0wbhipIglySo_ZRW6YZgCaWAQrGQHbTkO_uw/s200/mentee-selecting_looking-at-clipboard.jpg" height="132" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“If the mentor is concerned that the protégé lacks
sufficient experience to know some of the answers and can NOT analyze and solve
the problem alone, what should the mentor do that is most helpful? The answer
is that the mentor should change the personal pronouns in the questions from ‘you’,
which excludes the mentor from participating in answering the questions, to
more inclusive pronouns like ‘we’, ‘our’, and ‘us.’ Switching to inclusive
personal pronouns has the effect of including the mentor in the ownership of
the problem, and it keeps the mentor in the thinking, and decision making
process. The net result of including the mentor in the process is that it allows
the mentor to let the protégé do as much as possible, but… It also allows the
mentor to reflect and wonder about things out loud and, thereby to model expert
thinking and choice making, all of which would be invisible to the protégé
unless the mentor is part of the process, ‘unpacking his or her own thinking.’”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Make sure to read the </span><a href="http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1108653809372-16/CONNECT+Volume+1.pdf"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">full
article</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> on Connect Magazine's website and learn how to use questions effectively
in your mentoring relationship. Asking questions in the beginning of the
mentoring relationship can be very effective in determining where you and your
Mentee want to go in your Relationship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">References: Sweeny, Barry Dr. “Using Questioning in
Mentoring Relationships.” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Connect
Magazine. </i>N.p., 10 2013. Web 25 Sept. 2013 </span><a href="http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1108653809372-16/CONNECT+Volume+1.pdf"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1108653809372-16/CONNECT+Volume+1.pdf</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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UVU CareerPassporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17581553244239167426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089932213706571956.post-57347851094853538022013-08-05T00:30:00.000-07:002013-11-22T10:27:02.041-08:00Goal Evaluation<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Evaluating your Mentee’s Goals<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now that it’s
getting closer towards the end of your mentoring relationship, it may be
a good time to evaluate how you and your mentee are doing on your goals. In the
beginning of the mentoring relationship, you and your mentee wrote down three
goals that you’d like to accomplish during your six months together. During your
next mentoring session, try to go over those 3 goals again, and evaluate how
you are doing.</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mentee Goals<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
Mentoring Group recently published an article, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mentee
Goals Revisited </i>by Dr. Linda Phillips-Jones, where she discussed 5 common
mistakes that are made when formulating mentee goals. Check to see if your mentee's goals fall under
any of these categories. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mentees avoid goals altogether </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- If your mentee has not yet filled out The Goal Setting Worksheet, it’s not
too late. Download <a href="https://cpmentoring.uvu.edu/users/download.php?file=Goal Setting Worksheet.pdf" target="_blank">The Sheet</a>, and during your next mentoring session help them set
some short term goals that can be accomplished before the "Ending Celebration" in
October. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Goals are too large or ambitious </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Although we don’t want to discourage students from dreaming
big, it might be helpful for you to show your mentee the smaller goals they will
need to achieve first before they can accomplish the big ones.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Goals are too limited or boring </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Sometimes students will set goals that don’t stretch themselves enough,
they set goals they know they can achieve easily so that they can say that they’ve
done it. Often, students don’t know what kinds of goals to set, so the
goals they end up writing turn out boring, and don’t relate to the CareerPassport
Program. Help your mentee set those goals that will really stretch and motivate them by checking out The <a href="https://cpmentoring.uvu.edu/users/download.php?file=Goal Setting Tips.pdf" target="_blank">Goal Setting Tips Sheet.</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Few relationships measure progress toward goals </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- It’s important to hold your mentee
accountable for their goals, you both wrote and agreed to them, now is the
time to measure the progress that has been made, and then determine what else can be
done before the Ending Celebration.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Pairs spend too much time choosing and then wordsmithing goals </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Agreeing on a set of 3 goals should
not be a difficult thing. If you find you’re spending too much time writing your
goals together, then you’re working too hard. Goals should be solidified and
agreed upon before the start of your first mentoring session together.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are
two pieces of advice that Dr. Phillips-Jones gives to help with evaluating and setting
goals. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> 1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Set SMART Goals </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">-
You may be familiar with this acronym, but goals that are <u><strong>s</strong></u>pecific, <u><strong>m</strong></u>easurable,
<u><strong>a</strong></u>ttainable, <u><strong>r</strong></u>ealistic, and <u><strong>t</strong></u>angible are goals that work well. Having a SMART goal
will also ensure that your mentee can get the most out of their mentoring
relationship.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> 2.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Start Somewhere </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">-
You can always edit, adjust, and fine tune your goals throughout </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">your mentoring
relationship. The most important thing is to start somewhere. Maybe you’ve
set tentative goals, but they need some editing, now is the time for that.
With only 2 or 3 more mentoring sessions left, discover with your mentee where you are, and what further work
is needed to get you and your mentee where you want to go.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Check out the <a href="http://www.mentoringgroup.com/html/articles/idea_36.htm" target="_blank">full article</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">References: </span><span style="color: black;">Phillip-Jones, Linda Dr. "Mentee Goals Revisited."
<i>The Mentoring Group</i>. N.p., 06 2010. Web. 17 Jul. 2013.< http://www.mentoringgroup.com/html/articles/idea_36.htm>.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
UVU CareerPassporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17581553244239167426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089932213706571956.post-21993210731256926792013-07-08T08:51:00.000-07:002013-11-22T10:28:10.211-08:00The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Mentors<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In correlation to Stephen Covey's <em>Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,</em> recently Rene D. Petrin of Management
Mentors wrote an article, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Corporate Mentoring Tips: 7 Habits of
Highly Successful Mentors & Mentorees</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. As you mentor UVU students, think about these seven habits to help you develop and
strengthen your mentoring relationship.</span><br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Active Listeners - </b>Active listening requires real energy and focus. Active listeners
give non-verbal cues that they are listening, take notes, repeat back
what they’ve heard to ensure understanding, and ask thoughtful questions.
Being an active listener will show your mentee that you really care
about them and their success.</span><br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dedicated to Their Success -</b> As a mentor, being dedicated to your own success shows that you really understand
the mentoring model and that if done properly, it can provide successes
for both your mentee and yourself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsSYQihlP7nMM065LWDddbkfaWRJT0p0t92rkzSkJIR1HZyQH4OfuY_9pOojFvZ_elV6iH3m2jrOgjEcEPGkVvuI6vzrabijTHhrb5KupUG3-ttra5qU5HO7CceuW3aU9_ptf7rHrZQM/s1600/mentoring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: -0.25em; margin-left: 0.25em;"><img border="1" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsSYQihlP7nMM065LWDddbkfaWRJT0p0t92rkzSkJIR1HZyQH4OfuY_9pOojFvZ_elV6iH3m2jrOgjEcEPGkVvuI6vzrabijTHhrb5KupUG3-ttra5qU5HO7CceuW3aU9_ptf7rHrZQM/s200/mentoring.jpg" width="200" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dedicated to Others Successes - </b>Along
with the desire for your own success, powerful mentors can see how their role
affects the bigger picture. If you really understand that when you help your
mentee to be successful, they in turn will play a role in making their own team
successful, then you'll realize that in your own way you are starting the chain of a powerful
"paying it forward" model. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"></span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Curious -</b> Being a mentor requires you to
figure things out and make it work. If your mentee comes to you with a problem,
a curious person will think, “how can I make this work?” It is important to be
curious and to have the desire to find a way to make things happen.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"></span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Engaged with Their Surroundings -</b> A
powerful mentor can see their piece in the bigger picture. They can visualize
how they can play a role in their mentee’s success and beyond. Having this big
picture view of the world can help you to see that there is more than just the
two of you in the mentoring relationship.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"></span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Willing to Step out of Their Comfort Zones -</b>
There may be timeswhen you’ll have to tell yourself to just give
it a go. Your mentee may come to you with a problem or idea that you’re not
comfortable with at first, but if you are able to step out of your comfort zone
you’ll be able to think outside of your own box and figure out a way to help
your mentee.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"></span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The 3 R’s:</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Responsible, Respectful & Ready - </b>Aside from imparting your
wisdom to your mentee you are also serving as a role model. The more
responsible, respectful, and ready you act, the more your mentee will
reciprocate towards you. They will not only learn from your experience, but
they will also learn what it means to act as a professional.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Each of these habits
is a continual learning process. You may be excellent in some, and need
improvement in others. As you work
with your mentee you may find that you are developing these habits without realizing
it. We are very appreciative for what you are doing for our students and our
program. Thank you for being a mentor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">References: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Petrin,
Rene. "Corporate Mentoring Tips: 7 Habits of Highly Successful Mentors
& Mentorees." <i>Management Mentors</i>. N.p., 06 2010. Web. 3 Jul.
2013.
<a href="http://www.management-mentors.com/resources/june-2010-mentor-mentoree-habits/">http://www.management-mentors.com/resources/june-2010-mentor-mentoree-habits/</a>.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b>UVU CareerPassporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17581553244239167426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089932213706571956.post-78585139672968265652013-06-03T08:35:00.000-07:002014-01-21T08:32:20.777-08:00<div style="text-align: left;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Debunking
Myths About mentoring<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When you think about the term "mentoring"
there can be some confusion as to how it all actually works. Recently Forbes
Magazine published an article titled “</span><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/lisaquast/2013/01/14/debunking-common-mentoring-myths/"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Debunking
Common Mentoring Myths</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">” with the purpose of clarifying some of the myths
about mentoring. One myth they talked about was that mentors choose their
mentees. This can be true for some programs, but it is not true of
The CareerPassport Mentoring Program (CPM). CPM is a student-driven program where
mentees search the database for a mentor, not the other way around. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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only need one career mentor. The truth is that we all go through many stages,
and while some mentors may be excellent in one area, they may not be in
another. UVU students participating in the CPM Program have the opportunity to have a different mentor
every six months. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Another myth mentioned was that you are
either a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> mentee or a mentor. The truth is that mentors learn a lot from </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">their mentees. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> A truly successful mentoring relationship is one
in which both parties learn from one </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> another.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The last corresponding myth is that
mentoring is a formal relationship with the mentor driving the relationship.
Although the CPM Program has a formal structure, the mentee drives the
relationship, and many mentoring relationships can turn in to lifelong
friendships.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mentoring Success Stories</span></strong>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There
are many success stories taking place because of great mentoring relationships;
each </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">story is inspiring and unique. Recently Denzel Washington wrote an article
entitled “</span><a href="http://www.guideposts.org/inspirational-stories/inspiring-story-denzel-washington-finds-success-help-mentors?page=0,0"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mentors He’ll Never Forget</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">” about those individuals that inspired him that
appeared in </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Guideposts Magazine. Denzel talked about Billy Thomas, a leader at
the Boys Club Denzel </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">attended as a youth. He said he would try to emulate Billy
in every way he could because he </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">admired him so much. He then goes on to talk
about Jack Coleman, the owner of a </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">barbershop where Denzel grew up. Coleman
gave him a job sweeping floors and he taught </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">him the value of hard work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The next Mentor Denzel talks about is</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Mr.
Underwood, his high school English </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">teacher. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">He would have his class read the
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">New York Times every morning, and it </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">really taught Denzel </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">about the world
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">around him. One of the most influential </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">mentors Denzel talks about is his
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">public </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">speaking professor at Fordham </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">University. He had Denzel do a scene </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">from
Hamlet, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and even though it scared </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">him, he soon really loved being on stage. <span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If
you have any mentoring success stories from the CPM Program we’d love to hear </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">from you. Send your experiences to <a href="mailto:cpmentoring@uvu.edu">cpmentoring@uvu.edu</a>. We also encourage you to </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">pass </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">along </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">your </span><a href="https://cpmentoring.uvu.edu/users/download.php?file=Mentor%20Referral%20Card.pdf"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">mentor
referral card</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> to your colleagues, family and freinds who you think </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">would be a great mentor for our program. Share with </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">them your experiences and the
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">benefits you gain from </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">being a part of the CPM Program. </span><br />
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<o:p></o:p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">References<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Quast, Lisa (Jan 14, 2013). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Debunking Common Mentoring Myths, </i>Forbes Magazine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Washington, Denzel (Apr 21, 2011). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Mentors He’ll Never Forget </i>Guidepost Magazine. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span>UVU CareerPassporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17581553244239167426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089932213706571956.post-4153420361855294082013-05-01T12:02:00.000-07:002013-11-22T10:29:39.617-08:00WELCOME<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Welcome to the
CareerPassport Mentoring Blog. At the first of each month we will be posting
helpful mentoring ideas, upcoming events, and more to help guide you through
the mentoring program. We encourage you to follow this blog by email for easier
convenience. You can do this by entering your email in the text box under “follow
by email” on the right side of this page.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Suggested
Mentoring Topics and Activities</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hopefully you’ve had your first meeting with your mentee,
and have begun your regular monthly mentoring sessions. Summer can get busy
with everyone’s vacation plans and the great holidays so we encourage you to
make your mentoring sessions a priority throughout the summer. We’d like to
remind you that on the website we have a list of ideas for topics and
activities that you could do for each track. Here is a list of topics and
activities for the Self-Discovery Track:</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">·</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Help your mentee identify passions in life and in
potential work areas<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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personal life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</w:wrap></v:imagedata></span></v:shape><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Find possible career
options within your mentee’s areas of leisure interests<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">·</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Encourage your mentee to identify his/her
personality, interests and character strengths<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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he/she possesses or may want to develop<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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abilities and experiences<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and abilities</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Click <a href="https://cpmentoring.uvu.edu/index.php?content/for_mentors/activities">here </a>to see the suggested ideas and topics for other tracks </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Location/Location/Location</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We emphasized earlier that where you meet can be very
important. When you have the opportunity and availability, please meet at your
place of work or another work environment at least a couple of times so that
your mentee can have the opportunity to get acquainted with your job setting. Learning about the balance between career and other interests and
responsibilities is also an important way you can inspire your mentee. We also
encourage you to join us here at UVU for an activity or an event. It doesn’t
always have to be a professional setting. Here are some activities going on at
UVU in May that you might enjoy together: For more events click <a href="http://uvlinx.uvu.edu/iAnnounce3/MonthView.aspx?templateURL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.uvu.edu%2fcalendar%2fcampus_calendar_template.html">here</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">May 11<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Trouble with Tricks”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">May 16<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Woodturning Symposium<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Relationship</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As you continue working together, remember that you are
building a relationship, and relationships are built on stories. Corporate
Alliance has the model, learn, serve, and grow which Jared Stewart, CEO of Corporate
Alliance demonstrated with his sister in a lecture he gave at UVU in March. Try
the following activity they demonstrated to help build your relationship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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plane, or automobile story.</b> Starting with a personal story helps plant the
seed to growing your relationship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Share what you are doing for a living or in your college major now,
and what your future career goals are</b>. This helps you understand where each
other is coming from.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Share three current needs you have</b>. In
order to serve each other effectively, it’s important to know what each other
really needs. As you each share your needs, try to listen carefully and decide
how you can serve each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The CPM Team</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>*</b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Corporate Alliance networking model presented by
Sarah Stewart at UVU Executive Lecture Series March 21, 2013</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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