Overview

A mentor is a guide and a resource who paves the way to success, and derives satisfaction from helping others succeed. Your role as mentor is to inspire, encourage, and support your mentee, and to contribute to their professional and personal development. 


Frequently Asked Questions

  • What am I expected to do? Mentors are expected to provide their mentee with about 30 minutes of support and interaction. Most of this interaction will take place via phone or web-related tools (for example, video conferencing) or face-to-face, as appropriate. Mentors should work with their mentee to determine what kind of support will be most useful—specific feedback related to finding jobs, general career advice, information on higher studies, leadership skill development, technical information, personal encouragement, and so on.
  • How long am I obligated to mentor a student?  Our program is currently designed for students and mentors to engage in a "flash mentoring" format. You'll have a single conversation with a mentee with no further obligations. If you and the student agree to continue, you can define the frequency, duration, and objective of further sessions and schedule them through this portal.
  • How can I learn more about Budo Accelerator's perspective on mentorships?  Watch Engaging Mentors and Risks of The Mentorship Model to see how our students are encouraged to think about mentorship. 
  • What if I have questions or concerns? Contact us by email anytime!

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Mentor DO's

  1. Take responsibility to accept meetings in a timely manner.
  2. Set aside time for the mentoring program and honor all appointments.
  3. Be flexible on meeting times and places.
  4. Keep information that your mentee has shared with you confidential. If something concerning the mentee needs to be discussed with others, it should first be discussed with the mentee.
  5. Establish open and honest communication and a forum for idea exchange.
  6. Foster creativity and independence. Help build self-confidence and offer encouragement.
  7. Provide honest and constructive feedback to your mentee.
  8. Provide opportunities for the mentee to talk about concerns and ask questions.
  9. Above all, LISTEN.

Mentor DON'Ts

  1. Try to give advice on everything.
  2. Provide your personal history, problems, animosities, successes, failures, etc. unless they are directly related to the mentoring topic and will be constructive contributions.
  3. Be distracted during your session with your mentee. Give them your undivided attention.
  4. No show. Please be sure to alert your mentee if you cannot attend your scheduled session. 
  5. Criticize.