144 Representative Documents: Mentoring Programs
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Wayne State University Libraries Mentoring Program
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! Informal afterwards
• Mentorship Malpractice (from Chopra & Saint in March 29, 2017 HBR:
https://hbr.org/2017/03/6-things-every-mentor-should-do)
o Taking credit for your mentees’ ideas or usurping lead position on their projects
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Insisting that your mentees advance your projects rather than allowing them to develop
their own work
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Handcuffing your mentee to your timeline, slowing their own progress when you are
slow to get back to them
o Discouraging your mentees from seeking other mentors, which may stoke your ego but
isolate them from broader learning and recognition
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Allowing mentees to repeat common self-destructive mistakes without reining in such
behavior (See https://goo.gl/ZfsG5J)
• Assessment
o Organizational outcomes?
o Training?
o Determine success criteria
! Impact
! Ongoing need
! Cost/benefit
! Satisfaction
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Formative assessment after six months to capture how the relationship is working
! Offer an exit ramp
! Conversation about expectations
! This isn't working, but we can go away friends
! Offer to find someone else
! Are there changes that you would recommend we make?
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Paul and Rachael conduct the assessment
! Anonymize the data
! Share summaries with the associate dean
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Associate Dean tasks
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Quarterly meetings of librarians who don't have ESS
! Answer any questions they might have
! Can be intimidating to ask more experienced librarians
o Annual meetings of mentors
! Share best practices
! Discuss common experiences and problems
o Help people understand the organization
! Workshops at various parts of the library system—give people knowledge about
other people's job functions
• Open invitation for everyone
• Make sure new librarians can attend
• Anyone else is then free
May 2017