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Mentoring 101:(1) How to Find a Mentor(2) How to Be a Mentor
Tracy CampColorado School of Mines
Mentoring 101:(1) How to Find a Mentor(2) How to Be a Mentor
Tracy CampColorado School of Mines
What Is Mentoring?
When someone offers support and professional expertise to a
less experience colleague
What Is a Role Model?
One can be a rolemodel without any
direct contact
What Is Mentoring?
1-to-1 relationshipEncouragesGuides growthHelps you succeed
Nature of relationship is adapted to individuals
What Does a Mentor Do?
Acts as a role modelAdvisesAdvocatesCoachesMakes connectionsProtectsProvides lettersSupports
Formal vs. Informal Mentors
Formal: someone asks you to be a mentor
Informal: someone asks you for advice/help
Research on Mentoring
Research shows that those who are mentored achieve greater
career advancement and higher work satisfaction than those
who are not mentored.
What Does a Mentor Do?
Acts as a role modelAdvisesAdvocatesCoachesMakes connectionsProtectsProvides lettersSupports
What Does a Mentor Do?
Acts as a role modelAdvisesAdvocatesCoachesMakes connectionsProtectsProvides lettersSupports
NEEDMANY
MENTORS
Mentoring Tip #1
Build a TEAM of mentors with varying expertise/experience
Mentoring Tip #1
Build a TEAM of mentors with varying expertise/experience
at every stage of your career
Mentoring Tip #1
Build a TEAM of mentors with varying expertise/experience
good investment in yourself and your career
A Few of My Mentors
My Early Mentors
Mentoring Tip #2
YOU need to be in the driver’s seat.
(1) decide your goals(2) find mentors
How to Find Mentors?
Academic Mentoring Ladder
Chairs FullFull AssociateFull/Associate AssistantFaculty M.S./Ph.D.
studentsFaculty
UndergraduatesPh.D. students M.S. studentsM.S. students UndergraduatesUndergraduates High school students
Where to find a mentor?
Look everywhere!
- In your department at your institution- Outside your department at your institution- In your field outside your institution- Outside your field outside your institution
Mentoring Tip #3
Find GOOD mentors
Attributes of a Good Mentor
InterestSupportive PatientKnowledgeableCompetentAccessible
Helps you figure out how to use your strengthsHelps you figure out how to overcome your weaknesses
Attributes of a Good Mentor
Listens, listens, and then listens some moreAsks powerful/probing questionsIs NOT a ‘know it all’ Shares ALL possibilities, w/o judgmentRespects privacy
Has positive personality characteristics humor, honesty, empathy, compassion, …
Mentoring Tip #4
Meet frequently, especially early on.
In a New Mentor Relationship
Build trustExpress commitmentSet expectations (e.g., # times to meet/month)Set limitsCreate goals (in writing)
Every mentoring relationship has phases, … including an end to formal mentoring
Goal: Mentor Relationship Ends
Mentoring Tip #5
Terminate a relationship that isn’t working
Discussion Topics
Mentoring Tip #6
Discussion Topics
Departmental & Institutional
Culture
Discussion Topics
NegotiationSkills
Cost of NOT Negotiation
Discussion Topics
ImposterSyndrome
Who’s Most at Risk?
• Students• People working in jobs considered
atypical for their sex• First generational professionals• … and five others
Questions to Ask
• Do you attribute your success to being a fluke, or “no big deal”?
• Do you secretly worry that others will find out you are not as bright/capable as they think you are?
Imposter Syndrome
www.impostersyndrome.com
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Woodrow Wilson
Discussion Topics
Hone Elevator Pitch
3 minutes7 minutes
15 minutes
Discussion Topics
Share CVs
Discussion Topics
Remember When?
what did you want (need) to know then?
Tip #7: Be a Mentor
Benefits of Being a Mentor
Facilitate another’s accomplishmentsRenewed enthusiasm for jobConfidenceGive Back
What Do Students Need?
Academic adviceCareer informationGraduate school info.Personal assistanceEncouragementMoral support
Mentoring Tip #8
Be friendly and helpful. But don’t be a friend.
Discussion Topics
Discussion Topics
Pitches
Imposter Syndrome
NegotiationSkills
Discussion Topics
Resume Review
Remember When?
Career Planning
Ask: how do you want to spend your day?
Ask: what gets you out of bed in the morning?
Discussion Topics
Discussion Topics
MentorNet
1-to-1 e-mentoring> 90% would recommend
Discussion Topics
SummerOpportunities
Research Opportunities
REU: Research Experience for Undergraduates
CREU: Collaborative REUDREU: Distributed REU
Discussion Topics
GraduateSchool
Should your mentee go to graduate school?
Yikes!
Learn what
student services
offers
Recommended Reading
Recommended Reading
Recommended Reading
Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia
By Emily Toth
Recommended Reading
ADVISER, TEACHER, ROLE MODEL, FRIEND
On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering
National Academy of SciencesNational Academy of Engineering
Institute of MedicineNational Academy PressWashington, D.C.1997
Questions?