Mentoring 101

I have decided to read “Mentoring 101: What every leader needs to know” on a recommendation from a friend and former peer mentor of mine. They read multiple John Maxwell books about mentoring and being a leader and they really liked this particular author for mentoring aid. This book covers the essential need to know of mentoring students and what kind of a person it takes to be an effective mentor. Maxwell writes about three concepts to becoming a great peer mentor and they are:
1. Make people development your top priority
2. Limit who you take along
3. Develop relationships before starting out
Focusing on student development is ideal if you want to make a difference in your student’s lives, Maxwell gives an example of him turning a church of 3 people into 250 by focusing on their development and creating leaders to build up the church. Limiting who you take with you is probably a main reason we have recitation. It is more beneficial to develop students in smaller groups and easier to focus on each students development. Finally, the importances of building relationship with our students are the same as we talked about last year. If our students feel more comfortable with their mentors on a friend level, they are more likely to succeed and let their mentors help them develop. Maxwell continues with tons of great tips for mentoring but I will let you all check them out yourself.