Program reminder :

• - The mentoring program runs throughout the calendar year, from January to December;
• - We recommend meetings every 4 to 6 weeks, lasting 60-90 minutes;
• It is the mentoree's responsibility to coordinate and confirm meetings;
• - CREW M will present 1 or 2 mandatory training sessions for mentors and mentorees to equip you with the best mentoring practices (date to come).

Mentoring vs Coaching
From the Elo Mentorat website (Mentorat vs coaching : Découvrez les 6 différences Clés [elomentorat.com], translation below).

What mentoring can do and what it can be
Mentoring is a learning relationship in which a mentor is involved in both the mentoree's career and psychosocial development.

Mentors will help their protégés to develop their know-how and interpersonal skills, as well as their ability to be and become successful.

What is mentoring?
Mentoring is a means of development and learning, based on a voluntary, free and confidential interpersonal relationship (the mentoring relationship), in which an experienced person (the mentor) invests his or her acquired wisdom and expertise to foster the development of another person (the mentoree) who has skills and abilities to acquire and professional and personal goals to achieve (Source: Mentorat Québec).

Thus, the mentor is the one who gives and shares their time and knowledge to the mentoree who receives it in order to progress.

Whether it's a new role, a challenge to solve, a goal to reach or a path to set out on, a mentor will help their protégé to reveal their potential and build their professional project, while providing them with reference points. It's often said that a mentor is someone who's “been there, done that”, like a sherpa guiding the way on a mountain expedition. It's also often said that mentoring is a reciprocal relationship, in the sense that it also contributes to the mentor's development.

Mentors have a number of functions in relation to their mentorees (Renée Houde, 2010): they focus on the mentoring relationship, adopting a benevolent, empathetic and welcoming posture; they guide, question, teach, coach, respond to the mentee, serve as a role model, challenge the mentee to promote their advancement, advise, give feedback, support the decision-making process and provide moral encouragement to the mentoree.

Having a mentor means benefiting from personalized advice and recommendations based on real-life experience and focused on your career path.