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Mentor / Coach Guide: Option Race

How to send the Option Race, read the answers and talk them through.

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What this guide covers

What this guide covers

What this guide covers

What this guide covers

What it is

A gut pick against a scored race

Your mentee seals a gut pick, rates two to five options and sees the podium.

When to send it

Send it before a decision

It helps when the options are clear but the choice is not.

  • Two or more paths a job, a project, a course
  • A decision that drags the same debate for weeks
  • Head versus gut to see both side by side

An honest frame

The gap is the conversation

A coin toss helped people feel their preference more clearly (Jaffé and others, 2019).

  • Gut first sealed before any scoring
  • Plain criteria ease, time, cost and impact
  • No verdict the scores start a talk, not a decision

Sending it

Send it from your matching

It takes a minute, and your mentee gets an email.

Open your matching

Choose Assign a tool and find the Option Race.

Try it as your mentee

Fill it in yourself first; nothing is saved or sent.

Add a short message

Your mentee sees it on their home page and Tools.

Open your matching

Choose Assign a tool and find the Option Race.

Try it as your mentee

Fill it in yourself first; nothing is saved or sent.

Add a short message

Your mentee sees it on their home page and Tools.

Reading the answers

Look at the podium and the seal

The summary shows the winner, the gut pick and whether they agree.

  • Podium winner the highest score
  • Gut pick sealed before the race
  • Gut and scores agree, or differ: talk about it

Questions to ask

One question, then a follow-up

People who ask follow-up questions are liked more (Huang and others, 2017).

  • Did the podium agree with your gut? then: how does that feel?
  • If they differ, which one feels right, and why? then: what does your gut know?
  • What would make the second option a winner? then: is that within reach?

Feedback that helps

Talk about the answers, not the person

Feedback can backfire, so keep it on the answers and the next step.

1 in 3 In a large review, over a third of feedback effects lowered performance Kluger and DeNisi, 1996

A first step

Test the choice with one small step

Plans that name when and where make action more likely (Gollwitzer and Sheeran, 2006).

  • Small and safe a call, a visit, a trial week
  • A date by when it happens
  • What to notice how the choice feels afterwards

After the meeting

Keep the follow-up on Mentornity

The answers, your comments and the next steps stay in one place.

Read it at a glance

The winner, the gut pick and whether they agree are summed up.

Add next steps

Write what happens, who does it and by when.

Ask them to fill it in again

Earlier answers are kept, so you see what changed.

Read it at a glance

The winner, the gut pick and whether they agree are summed up.

Add next steps

Write what happens, who does it and by when.

Ask them to fill it in again

Earlier answers are kept, so you see what changed.

Mentornity in Claude and ChatGPT

Use Mentornity from Claude or ChatGPT

Ask in your own words; your assistant plans meetings, fills in tools and drafts messages.

Connect it once

Add Mentornity in Claude, ChatGPT or another MCP app, then sign in.

Ask in your own words

Plan meetings, fill in a tool or form, find a mentor, reply.

A preview before every change

The assistant shows what will happen; nothing changes until you say yes.

Disconnect any time

It sees only what you see; Settings shows what it did recently.

Connect it once

Add Mentornity in Claude, ChatGPT or another MCP app, then sign in.

Ask in your own words

Plan meetings, fill in a tool or form, find a mentor, reply.

A preview before every change

The assistant shows what will happen; nothing changes until you say yes.

Disconnect any time

It sees only what you see; Settings shows what it did recently.

Your goals and the Academy

Set goals, learn, earn a badge

Track your goals in My development and learn in Mentornity Academy, in your language.

Set your goals

Write what you want to reach and rate it at each check-in.

Badge courses for mentors

Seven skills with short practice, then a 20-question exam.

Guides for mentors and mentees

Research-based guides, a deck for every tool, and decks for your program.

Add your badge to LinkedIn

Pass the exam and share the badge page, valid for two years.

Set your goals

Write what you want to reach and rate it at each check-in.

Badge courses for mentors

Seven skills with short practice, then a 20-question exam.

Guides for mentors and mentees

Research-based guides, a deck for every tool, and decks for your program.

Add your badge to LinkedIn

Pass the exam and share the badge page, valid for two years.

Send it before a big choice

Pick a mentee who is stuck between options and send it this week.