How do you keep track of the progress and feedback of your mentee using mentoring tools and resources?

Clarify your expectations and theirs. If you want this to be a mutually beneficial professional relationship, be clear from day 1.

Some of my mentees work alongside of me and my team so that they can get real hands on business experience. This puts them and me in a win/win situation. And it helps them learn about business and get up to speed faster. They are also required to take courses in my business academy so that they can get more business education.

I created a standard form which I complete after each mentee session. Included on this form are sections including "notable," and "ongoing topics". I even have a section called "mentor homework" to keep myself accountable for anything I promised to do for my mentee before our next session. This allows me to review our progress from month to month and remind them of their forward momentum.

I engage on average 4-5 times a week, with most of my mentees. Some more and some less. Just depends on how much help they need. Some of them have been with me over 3 years so we are very close. And we have group meetings on zoom at least twice a month.

At the statring point of my interaction with mentee I create mentoring plan, that contains topics that we'd like to cover, deadlines, metrics of achievement. All the goals should be written using INVEST appoach, then it could be possible to check the progress.

I monitor their social media posts and give them feedback when I see something that needs to be corrected, or when they have done a good job, or when I feel that they need help and should meet with me.

My mentees are very active on social media therefore it is very easy for me to see if their skills are improving. I also feel glad and sad... when I see them maturing, because they don't need me as much...lol. However it also make me so proud to see them prosper and level up their business.

I created an academy just for my mentees. It has saved me so much time in training them to run a business. They get a certificate for each course that they complete. And when they complete all 3 of the main courses, they become a CERTIFIED DIGITAL MASTER and get a certificate for that as well. The academy is free for all mentees, however it will open to the public soon and there will be a charge for the public. I would like to use some of that money to reward the mentees.

It isn’t all about the mentee. For this relationship to work long term there must also be reciprocal ‘giving back.’ This can take the form of a lunch; gift or introduction. It can also include reverse mentoring like help with social media. This way the mentoring becomes less chore and duty and more a friendship that works more naturally with less tables and schedules.