From the course: Developing a Mentoring Program
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Matching mentors and proteges
From the course: Developing a Mentoring Program
Matching mentors and proteges
- The biggest myth about matching in mentoring programs is the soulmate expectation. This is the idea that there's a perfect mentor for each protege. You just need to help mentors and proteges set reasonable expectations for each other. If they both learn something new, then I think the match is successful. I want you to remember three words to help you with the matching process. Choice, connection, and learning. Let's dig into these a little bit further. Choice. Most of us in the US probably have negative connotations with the phrase blind date. Formal mentoring programs that match people without giving participants any choice sometimes feel like a blind date. Whenever possible, give at least one of the participants, typically the proteges, choice in deciding who they are paired with. There are several different ways to do this. You can be very high tech and create an algorithm that generates several possible matches like they do at MentorNet. To help with this, you may want to check…
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