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and open. As a mentor you will meet with your mentee a minimum of four times within a 12 month period, review and discuss his or her feedback, resume, or other relevant materials and assist them with personal development planning. Remember, as a mentor you are not here to solve the mentees issues or do the work for them. You are a coach and guide for them. The mentees are in the driver’s seat. Encourage the mentee to come prepared and bring relevant materials and information to the meeting, greet, build rapport and discuss action items from the previous meeting with the meeting preparation form. Do not judge the mentee if she does not complete all action items. Discuss the roadblocks in completing the items and give support. New commitments for action can then be set. Establish new objectives for each meeting. Sometimes the outcomes will be about other issues that have cropped up. After the mentee explores ideas, the mentor will suggest scenarios and shares experiences. And finally discuss plan for possible Mentoring is import- ant, not only because of the knowledge and skills mentees can learn from men- tors, but also because mentoring provides professional social- ization and personal support to facilitate success in profession and in life. roadblocks. This will allow the mentee to realize when the roadblocks occur and how to effectively deal with them. The mentor will establish new action items with the mentee. Express confidence in the mentee and acknowledge the progress so far. Confirm to do items and next steps and set up a date for the next meetings. Mentoring is important, not only because of the knowledge and skills mentees can learn from mentors, but also because mentoring provides professional socialization and personal support to facilitate success in profession and in life. Quality mentoring greatly enhances mentees' chances for success. Research shows that people who experience good mentoring also have a greater chance of securing professional, career, academic and life, or greater career advancement potential in management or in entrepreneurship. Joe Nyutu is a marketing and strategy consultant who teaches marketing on part-time basis at a local leading university and can be reached via: Nyutu1kj@yahoo. com.