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Capri Mentorship Program: Mentor Toolkit
Being Too Nice Or Patient To The Point That You Are Not Saying
What Needs To Be Said.
• Being too nice or patient to the point that you are not saying what needs to be
said. One of the three pillars to productive mentoring relationships is the ability
to act with courage when necessary. Failing to act with courage and deliver
needed feedback to your mentee has the potential to damage your relationship.
Wanting To Move Too Quickly Through Trust Building.
• Wanting to move too quickly through trust building. Trust is one of the three
pillars to building an effective and productive mentoring relationship. Don't
let the pressure to move quickly into tackling development areas cause you to
bypass this critical step.
• Allowing yourself to get overly frustrated over the lack of
progress made.
• Mentoring is an on-going development process for both the mentee and
mentor. There will be periods of significant progress and periods where
development stalls. Avoid the feelings of frustration by scheduling regular
"check-ins": Let one another know how the relationship is going and seek
feedback.
• Being friends with your mentee at the expense of their true
development.
• The strongest mentoring relationships occur when two people have a rapport
and respect for one another. Be careful not to let friendship get in the way
of your ability to appreciate one another's objective and direct developmental
feedback and advice.