Potential Focus:

• As Q2 starts, it’s a great time to walk through your performance and personal goals as well as your long term development plan.  

• To help with your ongoing development, get to know yourself.  You own your career, so understand what you need.

Topics to Consider:

• Defining your goals: what do you want short term vs long term? 

• How to prioritize personal goals

• Action items to include in development plan

• Personal and professional motivators

• How to adapt to your working environment

• Defining your leadership style over time

Potential Actions:

• Review your development plan with your mentor

• If it makes sense, review your performance goals so your mentor is  aware of what you are working on

• Complete a personality assessment and exchange the results

• Reflect on your Q1 performance. What went well? What do you wish you did differently?

Relevant Resources:

• 5 Common Mistakes While Setting Mentee Goals

• Development Planning Guide

• Recipe Leadership Competency Guide

• Why the secret to success is setting the right goals (TED)

• Do More Great Work (Book)

• (Free) DISC Assessment  and click here to learn more about your results

Reminders:

• Have your first meeting:  Mentee’s, if you haven’t already, be sure to reach out to your mentor to set up your first meeting.  If you are having trouble finding contact information, reach out to the mentorship@recipeunlimited.com email address

• Kick off and training resources:  All materials used during the kick off meeting, mentee and mentor training can be found on our mentorship website - click here

• Review and complete the Mentorship contract 

Questions?

Please reach out to mentorship@recipeunlimited.com with any questions.

Congratulations on starting this partnership!

Potential Focus:

• Network, network, network! Focus on how to expand your work circle in the areas of most interest for you

Topics to Consider:

• Breaking the ice when meeting someone new 

• The key elements of an elevator pitch

• Building relationships that will last

Potential Actions:

• Create a personal brand statement and practice pitching

• Practice your elevator pitch

• Map out your network connections and see where there are gaps

• Attend a networking session

Relevant Resources:

• The secret to great opportunities? (TED Talk) 

• Learn to love networking (Article) 

• 10 Golden Rules of Personal Branding

Potential Focus:

• Check-in on the progress your goals as well as how your mentorship relationship is going thus far 

Topics to Consider:

• Expectations vs reality of making plans

• What’s working / not working in the relationship

• What else is missing that you still need?

Potential Actions:

• Revisit your mentorship contract and make changes as needed

• Revisit your development plan/quarterly goals and make updates

• Brainstorm new ideas/ actions for second half

Relevant Resources:

• Dayforce Development Goals

• Why you should make time for self-reflection? (Article)

Potential Focus:

• Building momentum on the relationships you have built and skills you have learned 

Topics to Consider:

• How to build and maintain trust

• Tips for collaboration 

• Techniques for managing up / down

Potential Actions:

• Practice teaching a skill you’ve learned

• Complete a trust exercise

• Map out your stakeholders and how you influence them differently depending on who they are

Relevant Resources:

• 10 Ways to Build Trust in a Relationship (Article)

• How to win friends and influence people (Book)

• Managing Up and Across (PDF Book) 

Potential Focus:

• Driving change and innovation in your role/ personal development

Topics to Consider:

• Process of ideation and implementation

• Best practices for Change management 

• Effective decision making - what it means and how it’s done

Potential Actions:

• Host a team brainstorming session 

• Create a process flow chart

Relevant Resources:

• Design Thinking Course Toronto (Course) 

• 5 critical steps in the change management process (Article) 

Potential Focus:

• Career planning for the short-term vs long term 

Topics to Consider:

• Career planning 

• Succession paths within/ outside of role

• What makes you happy vs makes you money?

Potential Actions:

• Complete a career development plan 

• Complete the venn diagram in the hedgehog concept

Relevant Resources:

• Recipe Development Planning Resource

• Career Development Plan Template (Doc)

• The Hedgehog Concept (exercise) 

Potential Focus:

• Organizational situations – what are you going through and how can others help 

Topics to Consider:

• Asking for help from peers vs managers 

• Specific challenge(s) you’re facing in the role

Potential Actions:

• Ask mentor to introduce you to someone who can help you with your need 

Relevant Resources:

• 4 Tips to effectively ask for help – and get a Yes (Article) 

• How to overcome challenges in the workplace (Article) 

Potential Focus:

• Preparing yourself for year-end conversations 

Topics to Consider:

• How to give/get constructive feedback

• Tips to negotiating 

• Continuing (or not) the mentorship 

• Transitioning from mentee to mentor

Potential Actions:

• Align on next steps with mentor 

• Practice negotiating a hypothetical scenario (ex. a salary increase, promotion etc.)

• Register for the next Mentorship cycle 

Relevant Resources:

• 15 ways to offer truly Constructive Feedback (Article)

• 5 Tips for improving your negotiation skills (Video)

• Transitioning from mentee to mentor (Article) 

Potential Focus:

• Mentorship closure. Final reflection on your progress this year, and transitioning to next year. 

Topics to Consider:

• Comparing what you originally identified vs what happened in year

• What worked/ didn’t work in the relationship 

• What else is missing that you still need?

Potential Actions:

• Review and discuss original mentorship contract 

• Practice giving/ getting feedback to/from mentor

• Revisit your development goals and make changes

Relevant Resources:

• Giving and Receiving Effective Feedback (Article)

• Mentorship contract