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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

In mentees, mentoring facilitates

a. Growth and development

b. Knowledge and thinking

c. Both a and b

d. Neither a nor b

To create a strong mentoring partnership, you need to build a trusting relationship that:

a. Encourages your mentee to confidently speak up, ask questions, and even challenge your ideas

b. Promotes a sense of security that enables your mentee to feel secure enough to fully engage in the relationship

c. Breaks down barriers and demonstrates that you are approachable and real

d. All of the above

Mentoring is NOT

a. Hand-holding

b. Formal teaching

c. Shadowing

d. All of the above

Which of the following is NOT a strategy for building trust with a mentee?

a. Always answer questions to the best of your ability, even if you don’t know the answer

b. Make it about them.

c. Let your mentee know how they are doing

d. When giving feedback, start on a positive note

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.

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Module 2 Recap Module 3: The Predictable Cycle of Mentoring

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