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A guide for mentees A guide for mentees

Ten minutes before and ten minutes after make each mentoring meeting count.

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What this guide covers

What this guide covers

What this guide covers

Plans that stick

If-then plans get done

Tying an action to a set moment makes people far more likely to follow through.

0.65 Average effect of if-then plans on reaching goals, across 94 tests Gollwitzer & Sheeran, 2006

Ten minutes before

Prepare in ten minutes

Write what changed, the one decision you face, one question and a useful answer.

Since last time two lines
The one decision the hard one
One question specific
A useful answer so your mentor can aim

Make it concrete

Turn each action into if-then

Pick the moment and the place, so the step does not wait for a free day.

Ifit is Monday, 9:00 thenI book 15 minutes with my manager

Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4

Within a day

Follow up within a day

Three lines: what you took away, what you will try and when you will report.

Thanks for todayEmily P. · sent 2 hours later

What I took awayOpen with the decision I need.What I will tryRehearse with you on Thursday.I will report backAfter the team update on Monday. Within 24 hours

Report back

Report back, even on advice you skipped

Say what you tried and why you skipped the rest, so your mentor stays useful.

I opened with the decision. It worked. Your mentor sees the impact.
I skipped the dry run: no time. Next week? An honest no keeps trust.

Doing it on Mentornity

Do it on Mentornity

Booking, forms, notes and reminders cover the before and the after.

Book from open hours

Pick a free slot if your program lets mentees book.

Fill in the meeting form

It opens again with your answers saved.

Read the visible note

It reaches you by email as soon as it is written.

Turn on browser push

New meetings, changes and messages reach you at once.

Book from open hours

Pick a free slot if your program lets mentees book.

Fill in the meeting form

It opens again with your answers saved.

Read the visible note

It reaches you by email as soon as it is written.

Meeting notesEmily P.

Visible noteEmailed to the participants at once Emailed

Agreed: lead the next team update, rehearse on Thursday.

update-outline.pdfUp to 10 files

Hidden noteOnly you and the program admins

Turn on browser push

New meetings, changes and messages reach you at once.

1Book from open hours

2Fill in the meeting form

3Read the visible note

Meeting notesEmily P.

Visible noteEmailed to the participants at once Emailed

Agreed: lead the next team update, rehearse on Thursday.

update-outline.pdfUp to 10 files

Hidden noteOnly you and the program admins

4Turn on browser push

Block ten minutes before each meeting

Put it in your calendar now, right next to the meeting itself.

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