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Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering & Technology,

Ashta
Department of Basic Sciences
Counseling Cell

Effective Mentorship tips

1. Institute should have Mentoring Guide with templates and worksheets


2. Build a healthy rapport with mentee, develop trust and respect, clear expectations from
the program.
3. Identification of the student’s concern or the problem is important
4. Maintain confidentiality
5. Be empathetic while mentoring, don’t be judgmental( unconditional acceptance is
important)
6. Know the difference between student and mentee
7. Help the mentee solve his or her own problems, rather than giving direct advice.
8. Plan individual as well as group session also
9. Plan a debate, discussion, presentation or guest lecture for group session
10. For individual program it is not necessary to have some problem each time
11. Be professional but flexible also
12. Mentor should be assertive not aggressive
13. Each mentor should have minimum five skills (Rapport building skill, communication skill,
questioning skill, listening skill, interpersonal skill)
14. Mentors can help mentees as a ‘Guide’ (hands on guidance, explaining how and why,
creating opportunities to learn), as a ‘Challenger’ ( ‘Making waves’; challenging,
stimulating, questioning), as a ‘Role model’ ( The mentee unconsciously adopts aspects of
the mentor’s thinking, behaviors and style)
15. Sometimes Distance mentoring can be helpful ( e-mail, whats app, telephonic mentoring )
16. Keep the record of each session
17. Session length should be planned before session ( Max 45 to 60 min.)

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