{"id":3900,"date":"2019-07-16T09:06:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T13:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/gi\/faculty-staff-website\/?page_id=3900"},"modified":"2019-07-19T08:31:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T12:31:40","slug":"checklist-for-mentees-to-manage-up","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/gi\/faculty-staff-website\/mentorship\/checklist-for-mentees-to-manage-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Checklist for Mentees to &#8220;Manage Up&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Getting ready<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clarify your values<\/li>\n<li>Identify your work style and habits<\/li>\n<li>Identify knowledge and skill gaps\n<ul>\n<li>Personal<\/li>\n<li>Professional development<\/li>\n<li>Skill development<\/li>\n<li>Academic guidance<\/li>\n<li>Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>List specific opportunities sought \u2014 e.g. grant writing, presentation<\/li>\n<li>Write down goals: 3 months, 1 year, 5 year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Finding a mentor&#8230; or two<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meet with people you know<\/li>\n<li>Get recommendations<\/li>\n<li>Ask people you meet with who else they recommend<\/li>\n<li>Be persistent<\/li>\n<li>Find multiple mentors, both junior and senior people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Things to look for in a mentor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is available\u00a0 and accessible<\/li>\n<li>Provides opportunities and encourages mentee to take risks<\/li>\n<li>Helps mentee develop own agenda<\/li>\n<li>Is someone you see as a role model<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The first meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tell your mentor how he or she has already helped you<\/li>\n<li>Share your background, values, and needs<\/li>\n<li>Send a thank-you note after the meeting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cultivating the mentor\u2013mentee relationship<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agree on structure and objectives of relationship<\/li>\n<li>Plan and set the meeting agendas<\/li>\n<li>Ask questions<\/li>\n<li>Actively listen<\/li>\n<li>Follow through on assigned tasks<\/li>\n<li>Ask for feedback<\/li>\n<li>Manage up\n<ul>\n<li>Set goals and expectations<\/li>\n<li>Be responsive\u00a0 and flexible<\/li>\n<li>Direct the flow of information<\/li>\n<li>Follow a regular meeting schedule with agenda<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Separation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Talk about when the relationship should end<\/li>\n<li>Talk with your mentor about next steps<\/li>\n<li>Talk about future mentors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From:\u00a0 Zerzan JT et al.\u00a0 Acad Med 2009;84:140-144.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting ready Clarify your values Identify your work style and habits Identify knowledge and skill gaps Personal Professional development Skill development Academic guidance Research List specific opportunities sought \u2014 e.g. grant writing, presentation Write down goals: 3 months, 1 year, 5 year Finding a mentor&#8230; or two Meet with people you know Get recommendations Ask &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/gi\/faculty-staff-website\/mentorship\/checklist-for-mentees-to-manage-up\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Checklist for Mentees to &#8220;Manage Up&#8221;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3410,"featured_media":0,"parent":3877,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3900","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/gi\/faculty-staff-website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/gi\/faculty-staff-website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/gi\/faculty-staff-website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/gi\/faculty-staff-website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/gi\/faculty-staff-website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/gi\/faculty-staff-website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3900\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/gi\/faculty-staff-website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/gi\/faculty-staff-website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}