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Getting the Most From Mentorship
The following online resources are provided to help you on your mentoring journey,
whether you are the mentor, protégé or administrator. These resources are intended
to provide useful information in a variety of categories.
Planning Your Mentoring Network/Team
- Defining and Planning for Your Mentoring Network — University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
- Overview of Navigating the Mentoring Relationship — University of Wisconsin La Crosse
- Traits of a Potential Mentor — University of California Davis
- Creating a Mentoring Team — University of California Davis
- Developing Your Mentor Map - San Diego State University
- Mentee Needs and Goal Setting + Managing Ongoing Relationship with Your Mentor — Syracuse University
- Identifying your Own Mentor — University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Introductions and Developing Rapport/Trust
- Building Rapport Online — University of Toronto
- Building Rapport and Trust with Mentees and Coaches — LinkedIn
- Building Trust — Wake Forest University
Defining Expectations
Defining Expectations — University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Developing Mentoring Plans
- Mentoring Plan Template and Team Mentoring Overview — University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Mentoring Plans for Tenure Track Faculty — Syracuse University
- Template for a Mentoring Plan — Boston University
Planning Meetings and Activities
- Goal Setting and Mentoring Activities — University of Buffalo
- Planning Meetings with Checklists — George Washington University
Structuring Meetings
- Annual and Meeting-based planning templates and supports — UC San Francisco; NOTE: Some require adaptation from medical domain
- Checklist for Departmental Mentoring Plan — UT San Antonio
- Early and Mid-Career Development Plans — UNC Charlotte
Navigating Feedback
- Asking for and Reflecting on Feedback — University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Specialized Mentoring Guidance
- Culturally Aware Mentoring — University of Pittsburgh
- Mentoring Across Rank Overview — University of Oregon
Discipline-Specific Mentoring:
- Bibliography with articles relating to mentoring across several disciplines — University of Michigan
- For Science Faculty — University of British Columbia; Notable for mentoring process and topics documents
- For Engineering Faculty — Cornell University; Notable for the overview of their process from mentor selection to topics for discussion
For New Faculty:
- A Mentoring Manifesto — Inside Higher Ed
- New Faculty Mentoring Checklist — Ball State University
Best Practices
- Guide to Best Practices in Faculty Mentoring — Columbia University
- Mentoring Styles (including one-on-one and team/group) — Hanover Research