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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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How to Help Your Mentee Set Goals

Realistic goals that can be measured and achieved will improve both party’s experience and satisfaction.

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Here are some requirements a goal should meet -

1. Inspiring

Your mentee should be excited and enthusiastic about working towards these goals.
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2. Challenging, Yet Achievable

Your mentee will grow if there’s a bit of a stretch to the goal, provided it’s attainable.
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3. Measurable and Time-Based

Goals should be measurable so you both know when they are achieved. They also should have a time-frame.

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5 Steps For Goal Setting

Ideally, your mentee should have at least three primary goals. Here are steps to help your mentee set goals. Use the MentorCloud worksheet to document and track progress.

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STEP 1: Explore

You and your mentee should look at all the major friction areas of their work and personal life. Your mentee needs to identify at least three areas to focus on through their Mentoring Journey.

Here are some open-ended questions you can ask your mentee:

What do you want to accomplish in the upcoming months?
What are some things you would really like to learn or do?
What comes to mind in terms of personal or professional friction areas impacting you?
What else have you always dreamed of doing?
What would you like to see in your life that currently is not there?

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STEP 2: Identify

From these areas, you can help your mentee identify their goals. Eliminate goals that are not relevant to the mentoring journey
Encourage your mentee to record their goals using the MentorCloud worksheet.

Here are some questions to ask your mentee:

Does the goal meet the requirements of being motivating, challenging, achievable, and time-bound?
How will you measure success and know when you have achieved the goal?

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STEP 3: Needs Analysis

After the goals are recorded, help your mentee think about the steps to achieve them.

Questions to ask your mentee:

How do you see accomplishing this goal?
What will you need to achieve it?
What resources, knowledge, help, or collaboration will you need?

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STEP 4: Obstacles

What could prevent your mentee from achieving their goals, and how could it be overcome?

Questions to ask your mentee:

What do you fear could prevent you from reaching these goals?
How can I help you?

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STEP 5: Milestones And Action Plan

Milestones will help your Mentee measure their progress. Start by identifying a milestone and timeline with each goal. Ensure your mentee has a reasonable action plan for each goal.

Questions to ask your mentee:

What milestones will help you track each goal?
What help, or collaboration will you need?

Once your mentee has identified some goals, discuss it with them, and ensure it’s entered in the Goals & Tasks sections under Mentorship so you can refer back to it. If a goal seems too broad or unrealistic, help your mentee break these down into doable tasks and review their progress.

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