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Information for Mentees

Mentoring offers a safe, supportive relationship where you can reflect, explore your goals, and grow both personally and professionally.

Benefits of Being a Mentee

  • Build confidence, self-esteem, and self-awareness
  • Gain motivation, empowerment, and decision-making skills
  • Access networking opportunities and broaden your horizons
  • Improve performance and job satisfaction
  • Explore career mobility and opportunities
  • Balance life and work more effectively
  • Receive feedback, ideas, and new perspectives
  • Develop self-directed learning and reflective practice

Information for Mentees

How to Get the Best from Mentoring

  • Set and share your goals with your mentor.
  • Be open, honest, and proactive.
  • Prepare for each meeting with ideas or challenges to discuss.
  • Keep communication clear—notify your mentor if you need to reschedule.
  • Agree your next meeting date before you leave.

What to Expect

  • Confidential support from someone outside your line of supervision.
  • Meetings usually once a month (or more/less depending on needs).
  • Conversations shaped by you: training progress, work/life balance, personal development, or career decisions.
  • Mentors won’t “fix” things for you, but they will help you find solutions

Be an Active Mentee

  • Take initiative: schedule, prepare, follow-up.
  • Set clear goals and track progress.
  • Be open and honest: share successes and challenges.
  • Listen, learn, and show gratitude.
  • Respect boundaries: value your mentor’s time.

Information for Mentors

As part of the BCYP Nurse Mentoring Network, we’ve brought together a range of resources, guides, and toolkits designed to support you in your role as a mentor. These resources provide practical advice on how to guide, listen, and share your knowledge effectively, while also helping you build confidence in your own skills. Whether you are new to mentoring or looking to refine your approach, these tools are here to help you make the most of the opportunities available.

Mentoring is not just about giving – it’s also about learning. By engaging in peer-to-peer exchanges and leadership skill-sharing, you are not only helping others to develop but also strengthening your own professional growth. These resources are here to encourage collaboration, support confidence-building, and enhance leadership capabilities across our community, ensuring that everyone has the chance to both contribute and benefit

Benefits of Being a Mentor

  • Enhance listening, coaching, and leadership skills
  • Gain fresh perspectives and learn from mentees
  • Develop teamwork, communication, and educational skills
  • Build a sense of purpose and recognition
  • Extend your professional and community networks
  • Experience the satisfaction of seeing your mentee grow
  • Improve self-awareness, performance, and morale

Benefits of Being a Mentor

How to Be an Effective Mentor

  • Build trust: create a safe, confidential environment.
  • Set clear goals with your mentee and review regularly.
  • Listen actively before offering advice—guide, don’t direct.
  • Share experiences (successes and lessons learned).
  • Encourage independence: empower mentees to find their own solutions.
  • Stay committed: be reliable and consistent.

How to Be an Effective Mentor

Resources for Mentors

Video: Great Mentors and Great Coaches

Youtube Video

Podcast: Coaching for Leaders Podcasts

Coaching for Leaders Podcasts

Effective Mentoring: A Guide for Mentors

NHS Mentoring Resource

Thrive With Mentoring

Guides and Toolkits

Future Leaders Network Mentoring Tool Kit

Mentoring Toolkit

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