Evaluating Your Mentee’s Goals
Use the checklist below to appraise your mentee’s goals:
Specificity
Has your mentee identified specific short and long term goals?
Are the goals definite and precise?
Measurability
Are your mentee’s goals quantifiable?
Has your mentee determined how to measure success?
Work Plan
Does your mentee have an action plan to achieve their goals?
Has your mentee considered the outcome of achieving these goals?
Reality Check
Are your mentee's goals realistic?
Has your mentee determined a completion date?
Can success be achieved within the time allocated?
Will additional resources or tools be needed to achieve success?
Your Role
Is your role to advise, suggest or listen?
Will your mentee’s goals require you to provide something other than guidance?
How can you be most helpful to your mentee?