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Mentoring is a collaborative, interdependent relationship. In optimal dynamics, mentees and mentors engage as partners through reciprocal activities such as planning, acting, reflecting, questioning, and problem-solving. In addition, successful mentoring relationships are those in which mentees are supported to reach their individual milestones along their career trajectory by communicating their needs and clarifying their roles within the mentoring relationship. Based on the Harvard Business Review concept of “managing up”, mentoring up refers to the proactive role that mentees have in shaping and managing their mentoring relationship. Through initiative, shared responsibility, and proactive engagement, mentees are able to optimize the mentoring relationship and advance their shared goals. In this seminar, mentees will develop the knowledge and skills to proactively and effectively navigate their mentoring relationships and career progression, including approaches to maintaining effective communication, aligning expectations, addressing equity and inclusion, building research self-efficacy, achieving independence, and seeking professional development. Upon completion of the seminar, participants will be able to leverage the “Mentoring Up” framework to:

• think and assess what they are seeking from their mentors.
• shift from thinking about good and bad mentors to the core attributes of effective mentoring relationships.
• recognize that effective mentoring is not just about mentors guiding mentees, but also about mentees guiding mentors – mentoring up.
• learn more about recent theoretical practical and research advances to guide development of effective mentoring skills.
• become familiar with key resources to continue building their skills as mentees (and mentors).

Reference: Lee, S., McGee, R., Pfund, C., and Branchaw, J. 2015. “Mentoring Up: Learning to Manage Your Mentoring Relationships” In: The Mentoring Continuum: From Graduate School Through Tenure. Glenn Wright, ed. Syracuse, NY: The Graduate School Press of Syracuse University. pp. 133-153.

Mentoring is a collaborative, interdependent relationship. In optimal dynamics, mentees and mentors engage as partners through reciprocal activities such as planning, acting, reflecting, questioning, and problem-solving. In addition, successful mentoring relationships are those in which mentees are supported to reach their individual milestones along their career trajectory by communicating their needs and clarifying their roles within the mentoring relationship. Based on the Harvard Business Review concept of “managing up”, mentoring up refers to the proactive role that mentees have in shaping and managing their mentoring relationship. Through initiative, shared responsibility, and proactive engagement, mentees are able to optimize the mentoring relationship and advance their shared goals. In this seminar, mentees will develop the knowledge and skills to proactively and effectively navigate their mentoring relationships and career progression, including approaches to maintaining effective communication, aligning expectations, addressing equity and inclusion, building research self-efficacy, achieving independence, and seeking professional development. Upon completion of the seminar, participants will be able to leverage the “Mentoring Up” framework to:

• think and assess what they are seeking from their mentors.
• shift from thinking about good and bad mentors to the core attributes of effective mentoring relationships.
• recognize that effective mentoring is not just about mentors guiding mentees, but also about mentees guiding mentors – mentoring up.
• learn more about recent theoretical practical and research advances to guide development of effective mentoring skills.
• become familiar with key resources to continue building their skills as mentees (and mentors).

Reference: Lee, S., McGee, R., Pfund, C., and Branchaw, J. 2015. “Mentoring Up: Learning to Manage Your Mentoring Relationships” In: The Mentoring Continuum: From Graduate School Through Tenure. Glenn Wright, ed. Syracuse, NY: The Graduate School Press of Syracuse University. pp. 133-153.