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6. Extend or Conclude

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How to End the Mentoring Journey With Your Mentee

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Your mentee’s mentoring journey will eventually come to an end, based on the duration set on the MentorCloud platform. Ending it thoughtfully will ensure it’s perceived as successful, and both partners can feel positive about the experience.

You and your mentee will have acknowledged that your next meeting will be your last. Here are some tips to successfully ending a mentoring journey -

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1. Prepare for your final meeting

Set aside some time to reflect. Did the journey meet your expectations? What would you do differently? What did you most and least enjoy? Would you do it again?
Go through the goals your mentee set at the beginning. Were they achieved? Why or why not?
What would you like to discuss and what advice would you like to offer during your final meeting?
What would you want to acknowledge and thank your mentee for?

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2. Your final meeting

This is a time to celebrate your journey together. If possible, make your final meeting special by choosing a different place to meet, such as meeting for lunch in a nice restaurant. You can choose a location to meet and enter it under Sessions by selecting Physical Location and add the address within the Location details text box.

Reflect on what has been achieved so far and celebrate your successes. Reflect on where your mentee started and how far they’ve come.
If some goals have not been achieved, discuss how they can be addressed going forward.

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3. What’s next?

The formal mentoring journey has ended, but maybe you’d like to remain in contact. If so, discuss how you can stay in touch.
Appreciate each other and sincerely thank your mentee.

Don’t let your mentoring journey fizzle out without concluding it with an organized final meeting. When a mentoring journey ends well it increases the overall success of the experience.

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Sample Agenda for a Regular Mentoring Meeting

This structured agenda is based on MentorCloud’s “best practices”.

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This structured agenda is based on MentorCloud’s “best practices” learned from working with many companies across the globe. It will help your mentoring meetings be productive and successful.

The recommended time is 60 minutes.

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1. Feedback And Update (10 minutes)

Reminder on the importance of confidentiality and respect.
Update on what has happened since the last meeting. Refer to Notes from last meeting.
Feedback from the mentee and mentor on their progress regarding Tasks, Goals and the action plan.
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2. Discussion (40 minutes)

Discussion points to be presented by the mentee.
Questions asked by mentors to clarify the issues or challenges.
Guided discussion on how to address challenges.
Options to address challenges going forward.
Mentor can share experience or advice if the mentee requests it.
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3. Close (10 minutes)

New action plan for mentees.
Update Goals, Tasks and add any new Notes
New action points for mentors.
Preparation for the next meeting: venue, date and time?

When you create a Session, there is an option for your to write down an Agenda. It is best to plan ahead and have a few points of discussion written down for the next meeting.

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