MENTORING

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Mentoring
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THE VALUE OF MENTORINGLITERATURE REVIEW

• Mentorship Growing Company Grade Officers, by
  Major Nate Hunsinger, USA, Sept/Oct 2004,
  Military Review.
• Mentor is derived from the Greek language and
  mythology. Odyssey was a mentor to Ulysses.
  Mentor means a wise and trusted teacher or
  counselor.
• The goal of mentoring is to assist others to
  mature, both personally and professionally

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Four Common Characteristics in Mentorships

• Mentees address concerns about careers, self,
  etc. in an effort to gain knowledge from the
  mentor.
• Both participants benefit from the exchange of
  information as they respond to needs and concerns
• The relationships occur within an organizational
  context which structures how they occur
• It is an individual relationship formed in
  agreement between the mentor and mentee

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Four Phases of Mentoring

• Initiation 6 months-1 year
• Commitment to mentoring develops
• Cultivation 2-5 years
• Career development begins first and then
  counseling and friendship
• Separation 6 months to 2 years
• May result from PCS or simply outgrowing the
  mentoring relationship
• Redefinition Indefinite
• The relationship either ends or develops into
  a peer relationship due to personal growth
• Mentoring at Work Developmental Relationships
  in Organizational Life, Kathy E. Kram.

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FUNCTIONS OF A MENTOR

• Teaching
• Guiding
• Advising
• Sponsoring
• Role modeling behavior
• Validating-goal setting
• Counseling-emotional support
• Motivating
• Protecting
• Communicating
• Military Review, July 1986
• The Mentor More than a Teacher, More than a
  Coach

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The Naval Reserve Mentoring Program

• Available on the Navy Medicine Online site.
  Select M10, Reserve Affairs
• Each community also has mentoring references on
  their home pages
• It is a formal mentoring program with plans for
  dashboard reviews of its progress.

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Should mentoring be formalized?

• Debate the issues
• Mentoring is a natural process dont mess with
  it. W. Brad Johnson, Proceedings, December
  1999.
• Mentoring is embraced because personnel see value
  in its success.
• Mentoring is just another task I have to do on
  top of everything else.

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Mentoring Adds Value

• Remember that the business we are in is about
  taking care of people and that none of us would
  be where we are today if no one helped us along
  the way.
• James G. Springfield, An Interview..,
  Journal of Healthcare Management, Nov/Dec 2004,
  pg. 353.

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"More important than leaving an inheritance is
leaving a legacy."   -- Author Unknown
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