5 Critical Stages of Mentoring
Rakesh Rana♟️
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Do you often wonder what makes a mentor?
Is it the years? Is it the experience? Is it the capabilities and skills?
Well, you see, it’s all of these things: years + experience + capabilities + skills, but there is more to it than that.
As professionals, we all go through various critical stages that build our career.
It is only when you cross all these stages can you be called as a mentor.
But what are these stages?
Stage #1: LEARN
This is usually in the initial years of working when you absorb everything around you and are getting to understand your organization better.
Stage #2: DISCOVER
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With time, everything will start falling in place and you will understand how the dynamics of a workplace function and how everyone’s work is interdependent on others. You will begin to think about how you would like to grow professionally.
Stage #3: ACHIEVE
At this point, you’ll be soaring with confidence and looking for fresh challenges that will enable you to learn and grow professionally.
A shift in perspective follows as you begin to see your workplace as your family and consider the organization's goals as your own.
Stage #4: LEAD
This will come with a realization of how much you have grown along with the company. You will work as a leader and show other workers how to pursue a vision.
Stage #5: MENTOR
You feel the need to pass your knowledge to the younger workers and create a legacy before you retire. And voila, you’re now a mentor!
All of these stages play an important role in determining your success and becoming a mentor. Remember, you cannot skip over any stage to reach another.
What are your thoughts on this? The comments section is open!
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2yAn interesting and thought provoking article Rakesh, thanks for posting. My only comment to this is that it’s follows a traditional pattern of a only senior person being classed as a mentor, sharing their knowledge before retirement. Mentoring is now a lot more fluid in my opinion. I was mentoring people in my early 30s (so no where near retirement) and NLM has paired up several younger mentors with senior mentees (by age). So age is no longer a major factor. In my opinion what makes a mentor is really down to (1) experience + (2) capabilities & skills + (3) willingness to help others + (4) confidence to mentor. Mentors get (1) and (2) from life. They need to have (3) or it just won’t work. At NLM we help them get (4).
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2yAs soon as I see myself as a mentor, that is the same moment when I see the need to learn another aspect a bit deeper to serve better. Wahtever I achieve,, becomes an achievement of the past quickly. I discover a lot because of that single achievement, ... and my questions and curiosities are also things to be passed one, as some learning, because those are pain points for some, and their learning starts when they resonate with these thought..
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2yAbsolutely correct sir