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The Mentor Journey – Get
Mentored and Be a
MentorEleni Karagounis
SISTEMATTIKA
www.facebook.com/Sistemattika/
City of Ryde
STEM Careers - Women Employment Bootcamp Series
Workshop
August 2017
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Agenda
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1. Personal journey
2. Meaning of Mentor
3. Why is a Mentoring Relationship Important?
4. What do you need to have in a Mentoring Relationship?
5. How do you need to be as a Mentor?
6. How do you need to be as a Mentee?
7. Where can you find a Mentor?
8. Are there any Organisations Offering Help?
9. Exercise
10. Questions
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Personal Journey
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Where did the word “Mentor” come from?
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What does the word
“Mentor” mean?
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A mentor is a wise and trusted counsellor or teacher who invests:
• Time
• Energy
• Personal know-how
in assisting the growth and ability of another person.
Helps you to navigate life’s questions and challenges
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Famous Mentors
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• Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg
• Christian Dior and Yves St Laurent
• Larry Summers and Sheryl Sandberg
• Father Michael van der Peet and Mother Teresa
Yoda and Luke Skywalker
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Why is a Mentoring
Relationship Important?
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Mentors help people to reach their potential
Mentees teach mentors about other perspectives and ways of thinking/doing
A mentoring relationship is two-way
Lifelong learning and advancement
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What can a Mentee Learn?
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• Being able to hear and trust their own voice – confidence/self esteem
• Improved knowledge, skills and motivation
• Better, more strategic career outcomes
• An ability to make better work/life decisions
• A stronger network of influences and learning resources
• A better understanding of the organisational environment
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What can a Mentor Learn?
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• How to engage and inspire a mentee to reach their goals
• How to think differently
• Develop leadership skills – providing feedback, communication and interpersonal skills
• Stay in touch with emerging issues
• Reflect on own practices
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What do you need to have in a Mentoring
Relationship?
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• Commitment of time
• Communication
• Active listening
• Emotional presence
• Two-way learning
• Understanding of how you will work together, how long, what intervals
• Fun
• Trust
https://artofmentoring.net/most-important-skill-mentoring-relationship/
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How do you need to be as a Mentor?
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• Know yourself
• Listen
• Provide guidance
• Challenge respectfully
• Be patient
• Introduce the mentee to relevant people in your network
• Minimise the impact of the power difference
• Give time, encouragement, support, constructive feedback and unconditional respect to the
mentee
• Maintain confidentiality
• Invest time in the relationship
https://artofmentoring.net/how-to-be-a-mentor/
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How do you need to be as a Mentee?
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• Know yourself
• Know what you are good at
• Listen
• Be open to challenge
• Think about your goal(s)
• Follow through with your goal(s)
• Follow through with the learning you are gaining
• Challenge respectfully
• Be patient
• Drive the process
• Invest time in the relationship
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• Be resourceful
• Formal and Informal
• Men and women
• Face to face versus remote
• Outside your direct operational line/department
• Seek out people you know and want to be like, study them, keep the relationship informal
• LinkedIn:
Do some research on people in LinkedIn
Follow those who inspire you
Mentoring program being trialled
• See if your organisation has a mentoring program
• Investigate Meetup.com
• Sistemattika – facebook.com/Sistemattika
• Explore your own networks
Where can you Find a Mentor?
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Career Mentoring:
• Executive Women Australia - http://www.executivewomenaustralia.com.au – payment required
• Women’s Network Australia - https://www.womensnetwork.com.au/mentoring - payment
required and business advice provided
• Mentor Walks Australia - http://mentorwalks.com.au – walks with women by purchasing tickets;
targeted at emerging female leaders – once off for 1 hour
• Young Professional Women Australia - https://www.ypwa.com.au – under 40, payment required
Business Mentoring:
• Micromentor - https://www.micromentor.org – US website, non-profit connecting
entrepreneurs and experienced women business mentors
• Business Connect NSW - http://www.industry.nsw.gov.au/business-and-industry-in-
nsw/businessconnect - fees payable but reasonable, business advice and support
• Inspiring Rare Birds - http://www.inspiringrarebirds.com/ - targeted at entrepreneurs, program
fee
IT Specific Mentoring:
• Females in IT and Telecommunications- https://www.fitt.org.au/join-fitt/– free to join
Are there any Organisations offering Help?
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As a Mentor:
Think about where you would start to find a mentee OR
Think about any changes you will make to an existing mentoring relationship
As a Mentee:
Think about where you would start to find a mentor OR
Think about any changes you will make to an existing mentoring relationship
Exercise
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