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A guide for mentees A guide for mentees

How to get useful input, show you used it, and build a wider circle of support.

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What this guide covers

What this guide covers

What this guide covers

Advice, not feedback

Ask for advice, not feedback

Asking for advice gets more critical, usable input than asking for feedback.

  • Any feedback on my update? Often polite and vague.
  • What one thing should I change next time? Forward-looking and concrete.

Closing the loop

Show them what you did with it

Thank them, say what you will try, then tell them how it went.

  • Thank them the same day
  • Name the step what you will try
  • Report back within a month

A personal board

Build a personal board of five

A developmental network of about five people covers what one mentor cannot.

Giving back

Offer something in return

Share what you have: a fresh view, a skill, or a contact they lack.

  • A fresh view how newer staff see it
  • A skill data, design, a tool
  • A contact someone in your network
  • Thanks specific, in writing

Old contacts

Wake up old connections

Contacts you have not spoken to in years give advice as useful as current ones.

3+ years Out of touch, and dormant ties still gave advice as valuable as current ties Levin, Walter & Murnighan, Organization Science, 2011

Doing it on Mentornity

Widen it on Mentornity

Messages, events and support help you reach beyond one mentor.

Message your mentor

Your program sets who can message whom.

Join program events

Register, get the calendar invite and meet new people.

Ask for another match

Use the support form to ask the program team.

Turn on browser push

New meetings and messages reach you at once.

Message your mentor

Your program sets who can message whom.

Join program events

Register, get the calendar invite and meet new people.

Ask for another match

Use the support form to ask the program team.

Turn on browser push

New meetings and messages reach you at once.

Name your five this week

Write the five roles, put a name beside each, and contact one empty seat.

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