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Peer to Peer (P2P) Mentoring Program

• 9 month program (September – May)
• At least 1 mentoring “meeting” per month
• Attend at least 1 WICT Atlanta event together
• Mid-Year Mentoring Meeting
• Celebration Event and Wrap-Up/Post-Program Evaluation

Monthly Meetings

• Identify discussion topics
• Drive development and action items/needs identification
• Adhere to Confidentiality and Non-Solicitation Agreements

Roles and Responsibilities

Mentoring Traps to Avoid

• Too much planning
• Misunderstood roles
• Mismatched expectations
• Unrealizable goals
• Clash of styles
• Competitiveness, ego, rivalry
• Imitating a mentor
• Overstepping boundaries

Gound Rules

• Leave your title at the door
• Turn off blackberries, cell phones, etc.
• Have a problem-solving mindset
• Assume the best intentions from others
• Seek to understand before seeking to be understood
• Speak for yourself (I think, I feel)
• Ensure that you are heard
• Decide on degree of external communication (confidentiality)
• Commit to agreements and keep commitments