"Whether you are mentoring your reports as a manager or providing mentoring services, getting the absolute most from the time you spend is incredibly important.
You want to help the other person make the best of all opportunities they have and progress their career in the direction and at the speed that best suits them.
Creating a good structure to your meetings and covering the most value add topics will help you do this. I always think both parties should have action items following a mentoring meeting so develop continues between meetings too."
Jess Coles
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What to prepare before meeting for the first time
What to cover and how to run your first meeting (including agenda)
Suggested agenda for regular meetings
Detailed notes for each agenda item explaining who to use to maximise value for both parties
Use the suggested mentoring meeting agendas to provide more focused, more useful mentoring meetings