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Mentoring

Many individuals and organisations benefit from mentoring to improve their knowledge, skills and networking. Finding a mentor may be through structured mentee placements, through introduction by a colleague or manager to someone with a particular skills set, or through the mentee researching the right individual and approaching them directly. Whichever method is used, the relationship is voluntary on both parts and should support a reciprocal exchange of knowledge.
This section of our website supports you to understand what's involved in being a mentor or a mentee, and how to set up a mutually supportive mentoring partnership.

  • Creating a mentoring partnership

    Creating a mentoring partnership

    Once you have found your mentor / mentee, the real work begins! Although the partnership is informal and voluntary, it is important to ensure that it’s SMART.
  • Mentees

    Mentees

    There are many different definitions for the term “mentee”. We use the following “A person who is advised, trained or counselled by a mentor”, but anyone who wants to work with another individual to learn, explore, and develop their own professional knowledge, skills or experience could be classed as a mentee.
  • Mentors

    Mentors

    There are many different definitions of the term “mentor”. For the purposes of this resource, we will use “an experienced and trusted adviser”, however, any relationship where there is an exchange of skills that operates on a two-way process could be considered to reflect a mentor – mentee relationship.
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