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INSPIRING INNOVATION
EDUCATING FOR INNOVATION
SUPPORTING INNOVATION
MENTORING YOUNG INNOVATORS

Module 6: Mentoring Tips

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

Module Introduction

Mentoring Individuals vs. Teams

Why Mentoring Efforts Often Fail

How to Get an A in Mentoring

Training Wrap Up

Module 6 Quiz

When is the best time for you and your mentor to get to know each other?

a. At the beginning of your relationship.

b. In the middle of your relationship.

c. At the end of your relationship.

d. Throughout your relationship.

During group work, identifying a problem and coming up with one or more potential ideas to solve a problem would require which of the following tasks:

a. One or more brainstorming sessions

b. Opportunities to refine and research ideas

c. Determine who will do what

d. All of the above

Your role, when working with a team of young innovators, is to:

a. Help set the meeting agendas

b. Facilitate setting the goals and outcomes to be achieved by the group

c. Facilitate setting the goals and outcomes to be achieved by each group member

d. All of the above

Mentoring a young innovator team rather than an individual is different because:

a. You need to help them determine team and individual goals.

b. You need to help them determine team goals only.

c. You need to help them determine individual goals only.

d. You need to tell them what goals they should be achieving.

Which of the following is critical when working with a young innovator team?

a. Everyone has a voice in the process.

b. Determining immediately who has the best ideas.

c. Identify the resources they might use ahead of time.

d. Determining if an idea costs too much as soon as it is suggested.

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Training Wrap Up Final Assessment

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