In our previous blog entry, we talked about how you can optimize being a mentee. After all, we are already well aware of its benefits. On the other side of the fence, however, are mentoring and its unpopular benefits. Some executives shy away from mentoring up and coming professionals due to different reasons. They’re too busy; there’s nothing in it for them. But if you really think about it, being a mentor to somebody has more benefits than drowning in office documents that you need to review. Let’s take a look.
- Affirmation. Knowing that somebody appreciates and looks up to you is one of the best forms of affirmation. It will help you value yourself more, and hopefully will drive you to keep on pressing to do what is best for you and for your career. We know that it works in financial jobs as much as it does in banking jobs!
- Learning. Being the mentor does not mean being the loser with a disrupted schedule and a busier life. If you look at mentoring in a different light, you’ll realize that it has, in itself a lot of learning opportunities for you. Why not make a deal with your mentee. You’ll teach him all about programming, and he’ll teach you how to optimize the usage of your smartphone. Simply conversing with younger professionals is an enriching experience in itself.
- Commitment. Being a mentor is much the same as being a mentee, in such a way that you are accountable to the person you’re transferring knowledge to. When you know that somebody is watching your every move and expecting to learn from them, you’d be more careful in your decisions as a professional, you’d give every task your best shot, you may even change your ways when it comes to reporting to work on time!
- Challenge. While the mentee will feel challenged by your assignments and the learnings that you give, you can also get that challenge from thinking of ways to communicate an idea, or on ensuring that your mentee will learn everything he needs.
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