It’s rewarding to become a mentor. But you can’t take every young upstart under your wing. Ask yourself these three questions to choose the right protégé:
How motivated is the mentee?
Assess the junior person’s drive to advance. Your mentee has to be motivated if you’re going to have a successful relationship.
How far is there to go?
Where is the mentee in terms of experience versus where she wants to be? You should take someone on with developmental gaps that you can help fill.
Do I have the relevant experience and time?
You never want to shortchange a mentoring relationship. Be sure you can effectively support the mentee in terms of knowledge and effort.
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About Andrew Collins
Grant & Graham Projects Ltd advises and supports management of (international) companies in the development and execution of their business strategy. We possess a number of techniques which are designed to help an economic enterprise grow. Such techniques include assessments of marketing opportunities and target markets, intelligence gathering about customers and competitors, generating leads for possible sales, follow-up sales activity, formal proposal writing and business model design.
Together with our clients we work on significant and lasting improvements of their performance, by applying our expertise in the areas of Strategy, Organisation & Governance, Corporate IT and Execution.
We bring professionalism, energy and "fun" to each project. We are well oiled, bringing the right combination of in-depth knowledge, experience, analytics and pragmatism, through a consistent way-of-working.
