myth-busting mentors by colleen clark
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Myth-busting Mentors By Colleen Clark. The story goes. In Greek mythology, Mentor was a mythic educator. In our time, a mentor is a person with more experience who takes responsibility for helping someone with less experience to develop needed knowledge and skills. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Myth-busting MentorsBy Colleen Clark
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In Greek mythology, Mentor was a mythic educator.
In our time, a mentor is a person with more experience who takes responsibility for helping someone with less experience to develop needed knowledge and skills.
The story goes...
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Mentor was a guy the king liked so he left him in charge of his house and his son while he went off to seek fame and glory.
Basically, Mentor was a glorified wife. He did fine until the real wife showed up and boy was she mad!
Mentor put in a ton of work and got nothing in return. And the kid forgot all about him after Dad came back.
*Yawn*
But take out the Greek...
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• All mentors are created equal• Mentoring is time-consuming and complicated• Mentors are older and more experienced• Mentoring is something you get asked to do• Mentors are responsible for our development • Mentoring is hard work
Myths
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What does mentoring look like today?
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• The world needs more womenteers
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• We can make a meaningful difference in the rate of change whenever we decide to do it.
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MYTH All mentors are created equal
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TruthMentoring is not the same as Womenteering
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Womenteering:Women volunteeringto help each other achieve more meaningful outcomes.
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Mentor MomentWhat was I doing when I felt the greatest need for a mentor?
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MYTH You have to plan ahead to have a mentor
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TRUTHWhen the Mentee is ready, the Mentor appears
(usually on LinkedIn)
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WTH?
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MYTH Mentors are older, smarter and more experienced than me.
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TRUTHAt any given time, you are smarter and more experienced.
(depending on the situation)
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• The old model of mentoring is too narrow.
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Needs that might make us look for a mentor:
• Finding an authentic voice• Mustering the courage to take a
risk• Creating more powerful
partnerships with peers• Navigating corporate culture,
politics, etc.• Gaining perspective and objectivity
on a tough situation
Experiment
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Five ways to start a conversation with a future mentor:
• Introduce yourself and lead with your need
• Ask the Universe, one person at a time• Cold-call • Fish where the fish are• Start at the top
Suggestions
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Secret #1
To get a better mentor, ask a better question
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Secret #2
To be a better mentor, ask a better question
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Exactly who is responsible for your development?
One more myth:
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The last word:
EASY
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Life is hard.Make mentoring easy.