Mentorship Guide
  • Mentorship Guide
  • Start here
    • Mentors overview
    • Mentees overview
  • Roadmap (coming soon)
  • Mentors: Getting started
    • Why should I mentor?
    • Why do others mentor?
    • How can I become a mentor? Am I mentoring already?
  • Mentors: Strategies
    • What's my mentoring style?
    • How do I mentor?
      • Forms of mentorship
      • What to mentor on
    • Where/when can I mentor?
  • Mentors: Growth (coming soon)
    • Should I take a break from mentoring?
    • How can I become a better mentor?
  • mentees (coming soon)
    • Where do I find mentors?
    • What do I ask/talk about?
    • How do I respect their time?
    • How do I become a better mentee?
  • Advice from peers
    • Advice for mentors
      • Mentor advice from other mentors
      • Mentor advice from mentees
    • Advice for mentees
      • Mentee advice from other mentees
      • Mentee advice from mentors
  • Resources
    • Mentorship programs
    • Additional resources
      • Videos
      • Articles
    • Community support
      • Join our Spectrum community
      • Monthly online chat (fun and insightful)
  • Important
    • How to contribute
    • Thank you + Contributors
    • Code of Conduct
  • Operations
    • Español (and other languages)
    • Lessons learned
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  1. Mentors: Strategies

What's my mentoring style?

Explore the different mentoring styles.

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Educator

  • Teach and inform on concepts, ideas, and more.

  • Help explain and clarify material.

  • Share knowledge and experiences.

Encourager

  • Provide encouragement.

  • Remind them of their progress, accomplishments

  • Fuel their potential to keep doing great work.

Challenger

  • In the mentee's best interest, push back on limiting beliefs (for the better).

  • Provide alternatives to also consider.

  • Ask questions that evoke reflection and action.

"Challenger" style requires extra care. It requires extra thoughtfulness, care, empathy, and more. You have to be mindful of your delivery, tone, phrasing and how it is received. Further details coming soon. In the meantime, please reach out with any questions.

  • Collaborate with mentee to create big ideas together.

  • Brainstorm actionable steps to realize ideas.

  • Actively listen.

  • Instead of providing answers and guidance, be there for mentee by listening to them.

  • Radiate solidarity and acknowledge that they are being heard.

  • Help mentee find resources and people. You may not know the answer, but you're happy to help discover existing resources that can provide insights.

  • Share resources such as articles, books, media, events, and programs.

  • Introduce people to one another

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Ideator

Listener

Finder

Connector

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