Tips for a Successful Mentoring Relationship

Five Tips to Building a Successful Mentor - Mentee Relationship

1. Express expectations from the beginning.

2. Distinctly define the relationship by answering the following journalistic questions:

• What?
• When?
• How?
• Where?
• You answered the "who" when you agreed to the relationship.

3. Include goals and objectives in the initial discussion.

4. Develop an agreement that encourages and maintains focus.

5. Clearly communicate the need for confidentiality so that both parties are free to express their concerns, doubts, and fears.