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 -
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?
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.
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.
