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Mr Jos Finer, University of St AndrewsDr Emma Compton-Daw, University of St Andrews
Making the most of mentoring
Briefing session for the Early Career Academics’ Mentoring Scheme
ObjectivesBy the end of this session you will:
• Be familiar with the background and characteristics of the cross-institutional Early Career Academics’ Mentoring Scheme
• Be aware of key characteristics of mentoring as a developmental partnership and of the underlying principles of successful mentoring
• Be familiar with mentoring agreements and with a range of mentor/mentee expectations
• Be aware of the stages of mentoring partnerships and the structure for a typical meeting.
What is mentoring?
Card sort exercise and discussion
?
Accept
Reject
No consensus
What is mentoring?• Directive (advice given)• Solutions focused• The mentors and the
mentee may hold the answers
• Based in present and future• Commitment to specific
actions• Uses questioning, reflecting
and clarifying skills
Developmental relationships:
• Mentoring
• Coaching
• Counselling
Mentoring partnership stages
Provisional matching
Confirmed matching
Briefing/training
Mentoring begins
Application
Scheme published
Mentoring develops
Mentoring ends
Evaluation
Underlying principles
VoluntaryMentee driven
Personal responsibility Trust & confidentiality
Developmental & collaborative
Protected time
Finite
Outside line management
Mentor roles
Sounding board
Supporter
Coach
Advisor.
Critical friend
Networker
Teacher
Mentoring skills
Active listening & questioning
Analysing & problem solving
Reflecting & summarising
Giving feedback
Supporting and challenging
A mentor can help a mentee to
Set realistic targets
Clarify/express ideas about career development
Plan own personal and career development
Reflect on performance
Learn from experience
Apply learning from other activities
Develop specific skills
Become more self-confident
Expand networks
“Still keep in touch with mentee … share contacts and helped promote her research on BBC” – 2006 Mentor
“Experience had a very favourable impact on my career” – 2011 Mentee
“After months of rejection my mentor helped me tailor my CV to academic positions, now a teaching fellow… very happy”
- 2008 Mentee
“Mentor recommended some conferences that I didn’t even know existed, met many useful contacts” – 2006 Mentee
Quotes taken from Longitudinal Mentoring Evaluation Report. Daniel O’Hara 2013
Mentoring partnership stages
Provisional matching
Confirmed matching
Briefing/training
Mentoring begins
Application
Scheme published
Mentoring develops
Mentoring ends
Evaluation
Get to know each other
Check expectations
Put at easeDiscuss
mentoring agreement
Mentoring begins:Introductory stage
Mentoring agreements
They’re not legally binding....
......but they are useful
Your expectations
• Mentors: what do you expect from your mentee?
• Mentees: what do you expect from your mentor?
“Mentee expected me to solve all his problems, he had many issues beyond the scope of the scheme”
- 2008 Mentor
Mentor:
Lorna StevensonCo Head of School of ManagementReader in AccountingCo-director, Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting ResearchSchool of ManagementUniversity of St Andrews
Mentee:
Dr Lewis DeanResearch FellowSchool of Psychology and NeuroscienceUniversity of St Andrews
Mentoring Develops:Main stage
Agenda
Review actions from last
Move forward – new business
Agree actions
Agree nextmeeting
A typical mentoring meeting
Review process Celebrate
success
Explore concerns and
problems
Review progress
Feedback: support and
challenge
What’s new?
Mentoring Develops:Main stage
Reflect on process
Discuss and agree future
contact
Review progress against
objectives
Re-assess long term goals
Highlight achievements
Areas for further
attention
Mentoring Ends:Closing stage
I can speak openly to her… She has been very supportive. I think that I have given
her quite a lot to do… Thank you for matching me with her.
Feedback from participants...I found the experience very rewarding, it
made me think about what I want to achieve in my work and ideas about
work/life
I immediately felt completely at ease with my mentor. He gave me excellent advice in how to advance my research profile. This is exactly what I wanted
from the mentoring scheme
My mentor is just the sort of person I was hoping for, with plenty of experience
and suggestions for ways for me to develop as an academic
My experience was very positive – very focused on me as a mentee. My mentor is very professional, but has also put me at
ease
One of the most precious experiences I had since I have joined the
University
Support
Mentoring Scheme coordinators
Dundee
Sandra Oza (OPD) [email protected]
St Andrews
Emma [email protected]
Thanks very much!
