From the course: Being a Good Mentor
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Inclusive mentoring practices
From the course: Being a Good Mentor
Inclusive mentoring practices
It's easy to default towards mentoring people who feel familiar, look like us, think like us, or share our background. Inclusive mentoring challenges that instinct. Mentoring someone different from you expands perspectives on both sides, strengthens communications, and helps build organizations that incorporate more voices and experiences. When you mentor across gender, generations, culture, or rank, you have to become more attuned to what the other person is saying and what will resonate. One practical dimension is how you use examples. If you're mentoring someone who loves sports, sports analogies may connect quickly. But inclusive mentoring also means not staying only in their comfort zone or only in yours. If you rely exclusively on their world, you limit expansion. If you rely exclusively on your world, you may lose connection. It's creating a space in which you are learning about each other's worlds. Think back to when you first engaged with someone who on the surface seems so…
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