Mentee Roles and Responsibilities

Mentee Role: To be proactive in her own career development with the support, guidance and encouragement of a mentor.

Ideal Characteristics:

• Demonstrated past performance capabilities.
• Recognized high potential and credibility.
• Enthusiasm, motivation and desire to ensure the success of the corporation.
• Commitment to shoulder greater responsibility.
• Dedication to continuous learning and self-development.

Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in the program.
• With mentor’s assistance, create and define goals of the relationship.
• Share professional information and experiences, successes or failures.
• Initiate appointments and maintain regular, open communication with the mentor.
• Develop growth goals and a plan for achieving them, with the support of the mentor.
• Demonstrate commitment by following through with the guidance and counsel of the mentor.
• Build an internal and external network to support professional and personal goals.
• Honor commitments and respect confidentiality on information shared by the mentee.
• Provide feedback to the mentor on what’s working.

PLEASE NOTE: Joining a mentoring program does not, in any way, imply dissatisfaction with the role and/or operating style of the mentee’s manager. The mentor’s role is to supplement the support provided by the manager.