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INSPIRING INNOVATION
EDUCATING FOR INNOVATION
SUPPORTING INNOVATION
MENTORING YOUNG INNOVATORS

Module 2: What is Mentoring?

Introduction Initial Assessment Module 1: The Promise and Potential of Mentoring Module 2: What is Mentoring? Module 3: The Predictable Cycle of Mentoring Module 4: Qualities of an Effective Mentor Module 5: Mentoring Young Innovators: Learning and Motivation Module 6: Mentoring Tips Final Assessment

Learning

What Mentoring Is Not

Module 2 Recap

Module 2 Quiz

Choose the correct statement:

a. Mentoring takes place only one-on-one

b. Mentoring is an organic relationship

c. Mentoring develops many soft skills

d. Mentoring focuses on development intangibles, such as confidence and presence

Development is

a. Past-directed

b. Present-directed

c. Future-directed

d. All of the above

All of the following are strategies for building a strong mentor-mentee partnership, except:

a. Share your own stories or something unique and interesting about yourself

b. Allow the mentee to rely on your ideas and advice rather than their own

c. Find areas of common ground where you share points of interest

d. Ask your mentee about a time when they had to face a similar challenge or difficulty and what they did to handle it

Which of the following is a possible strategy for building a strong mentor-mentee partnership?

a. Tell your mentee what is required for the two of you to work well together

b. Provide lots of encouragement rather than constructive feedback so as not to dispirit the mentee

c. Talk about a time when you had to face a similar challenge or develop a similar project and what you did to handle it

d. Let your mentee know that you plan on giving them feedback when you are disappointed in their performance.

Which of the following is true of mentoring?

a. Focuses on career issues and providing emotional support

b. Focuses on boosting performance

c. Focuses on development intangibles

d. None of the above

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Module 2 Recap Module 3: The Predictable Cycle of Mentoring

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