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MentorMatch: Find Your Perfect Match for Professional Growth

Join the OLA Mentoring Committee for an informative session on the benefits and strategies of mentoring. Discover the qualities of a mentor and mentee, how MentorMatch works, available resources, assessments, and feedback. OLA supports your professional growth!

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MentorMatch: Find Your Perfect Match for Professional Growth

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  1. ORIENTATION Alexander Howes & Julie Hannaford OLA Mentoring Committee Let us find your perfectmatch.

  2. AGENDA • Introductions • Why Mentoring? • The Mentoring Relationship • What is a Mentor? • What is a Mentee? • How MentorMatch Works • MentorMatch Resources • Assessments & Feedback • OLA Supporting Your Professional Growth • Your Next Steps Let us find your perfectmatch.

  3. Please introduce yourself! Let us find your perfectmatch.

  4. Why Mentoring? Let us find your perfectmatch.

  5. The Mentoring Relationship Mentoring is a protected relationship in which learning and experimentation can occur, potential skills can be developed, and in which results can be measured in terms of competencies gained. - Audrey Collin Mentoring is a supportive learning relationship between a caring individual who shares knowledge, experience and wisdom with another individual who is ready and willing to benefit from this exchange, to enrich their professional journey. - Suzanne Faure The purpose of mentoring is always to help the mentee to change something - to improve their performance, to develop their leadership qualities, to develop their partnership skills, to realise their vision, or whatever. This movement from where they are, ('here'), to where they want to be ('there'). - Mike Turner Mentoring is an important adult relationship since it creates a legitimate and special space where people can take chances by trying to be authentic about, and find meaning within their real-life professional experience. - D Doyon From: The Coaching & Mentoring Network Let us find your perfectmatch.

  6. What is a Mentor? • Has good interpersonal skills • Is open-minded, understanding and patient • Is trustworthy, supportive, advising and encouraging • Recognises and helps develop mentees’ strengths • Recognises when mentees need guidance and when they need to be independent • Shows a willingness to listen and communicate with the mentee • Provides guidance, offers relevant advice and gives feedback to the mentee • Introduces the mentee to professional networks • Helps the mentee explore career development opportunities • At times refers the mentee to others who might have specific knowledge they seek • Is accountable and committed to this partnership https://olamentoring.wordpress.com/ola-mentormatch/ Let us find your perfectmatch.

  7. What is a Mentee? • A person who would like professional advice and guidance from an experienced library mentor • Someone entering or in the early stages of their career, or someone seeking to change direction within the profession • Actively seeks new learning and professional experiences • Asks questions and actively seeks feedback • Is accountable and committed to this partnership https://olamentoring.wordpress.com/ola-mentormatch/ Let us find your perfectmatch.

  8. How MentorMatch Works We make the match, you develop the relationship. • Six-month relationship • With your partner, decide on regularity, frequency and method of contact e.g. face-to-face, phone, email, etc. • Review the resources provided by MentorMatch to see what might be useful • Start by discussing goals for the mentoring relationship The program is intentionally open-ended so that participants can design the mentorship according to their own needs and interests. Let us find your perfectmatch.

  9. MentorMatch Resources For the Mentor • Effective Feedback and Questioning Tips • Whitmore’s TGROW Model: A Guide to Mentoring Conversations For the Mentee • Mentoring Goals • Keeping a Learning Log For the Mentoring Relationship • The Mentoring Agreement • Planning Your First Mentoring Session • Check-In Questions for Mentors and Mentees • Mentorship: Tips for Closure https://olamentoring.wordpress.com/mentormatch-resources/ Let us find your perfectmatch.

  10. Assessment & Feedback Three-Month Check-In What’s working well? What’s not working well? Are there additional resources that would help support you? Final Six-Month Program Assessment How has the mentorship program benefited you? Did your experience match your expectations? Did you get something out of the program that you weren’t expecting? And please contact us any time if you have questions or concerns. Let us find your perfectmatch.

  11. OLA: Supporting Your Professional Growth Networking Opportunities Conferences & Events Education Institute, publications, and more! Volunteer Opportunities Let us find your perfectmatch.

  12. Careers @ Super Conference! The OLA Career Centre Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 10 - 2. Book your time in advance for a career conversation. Careers Conference Strand Great selection of career-focused sessions. Careers Spotlight Speaker Wednesday, 9 - 10:15: Melissa Nightingale Career Meetup! Wednesday, 2:30 - 3:45 Let us find your perfectmatch.

  13. Career Meetup @ Super Conference! A special invitation for MentorMatch participants. Arrange to meet your MentorMatch partner and/or enjoy this informal networking opportunity. Wednesday, 2:30 - 3:45 Let us find your perfectmatch.

  14. Your Next Steps • Mentors: Please contact your mentee partner. • Decide on regularity, frequency and method of contact e.g. face-to-face, phone, email, etc. • Mentees: Discuss your goals for the mentoring relationship with your mentor. • Review MentorMatch Resources. You may want to start with The Mentoring Agreement Let us find your perfectmatch.

  15. Best wishes for your mentoring relationship! Let us find your perfectmatch.

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