Have you ever taken on a mentorship role for someone, and what was your approach to that relationship?

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Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Mentoring the team is one of the essential responsibilities of a Manager. Given
the fact that my time is extremely divided with other responsbilities such as
engaging stakeholders, running into back to back meetings during the day to meet
project timelines, I always make sure to set aside a time in my day and be
available for my team to discuss any mutual concerns. It is extremely important
to assure the team that they have my support. Typically I have weekly 1-on-1s
with my manager reportees and bi-weekly 1-on-1s with individual contributors to
share feedback and provide resources for any help required. In addition, for any
adhoc discussions, I make myself available towards the end of the day in case my
day is fully booked.

Anonymous · Answer

During new project onboarding I noticed lot of performance  differences across
team members, through the regular scrum meetings I watched the overall progress
and identified team members rearing help. once identified I setup mentor session
with them one on one and guide them with the technology and getting up to speed
with the project. Many times I spent extra time to learn in depth and give
detailed know how and practice to those team memebers

Have you ever taken on a mentorship role for someone, and what was your approach to that relationship?

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