Responsibilities

Mentee Responsibilities

1. ‘Drive’ the mentoring relationship – give your mentor direction about what you want from the program and be responsible for booking meetings and catch-ups. 
2. Respect your mentor’s time and also your own. Make sure you give this program your full attention and devote enough time to achieve the outcomes you are seeking. 
3. Do the training provided. It will help you. 
4. Prepare for your meetings if you want to maximize the experience. 
5. Read and abide by the Code of Conduct (in Resources). 
6. Respond to your mentor and the Program Manager in a timely manner. 
7. Complete the short surveys sent to you. 
8. Advise the Program Manager immediately if there are problems or you cannot fulfill your responsibilities. 

Mentor Responsibilities

1. Be available and accessible to the mentee according to the meeting frequency guidelines of this program. Understand that, if you cancel or postpone meetings frequently, you may send the wrong signal to your mentee and they might give up trying to contact you. 
2. Do the training provided. It will help you, even if you are an experienced manager. 
3. Listen more than you talk. 
4. You may not have the answers to all your mentee’s questions and that is appropriate. Don’t go beyond the bounds of your experience or expertise. 
5. Read and abide by the Code of Conduct (in Resources). 
6. Respond to your mentee and the Program Manager in a timely manner. 
7. Complete the short surveys sent to you. 
8. Advise the Program Manager immediately if there are problems or you cannot fulfill your responsibilities.