Are You Mentorable?

What does it mean to be mentorable? Let me start by taking this from the mentor’s perspective, as the mentor makes the assessment on whether a mentee is worth his or her mentoring energy. As a mentor, here’s what I look at:

1. The mentee honors the mentor’s wisdom and experience, even if the mentee doesn’t always follow the mentor’s advice.
2. The mentee does what they say they are going to do.
3. The mentee is honest.
4. The mentee is courageous about admitting they have done something wrong and need to work on it.
5. The mentee respects the mentor’s time and treats meeting times seriously.
6. The mentee understands that the mentor’s primary return on investment (ROI) is seeing growth in the mentee.

It’s this last point, the ROI, that I want to dig into a bit more, as it’s where the mentoring relationship bears fruit.

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