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Mentoring Partnership Tip

Engaging in a mentoring partnership can be a wonderful way in which to enrich your personal and professional development.  Whether you are part of a formal mentoring program or have connected with another person of your own accord, it's important to commence the mentoring partnership with both vision and commitment.

Five key questions that are useful to discuss when you commence your mentoring partnership include:

• What is the key focus of our partnership?
• What will be different as a result of our partnership?
• What are our expectations of each other?
• How do we view confidentiality in our partnership?
• How will we monitor our progress?

Mentee Tip

Here's a short Talking Mentoring video on five key tips for mentees: