Leadership Development Program

Leadership Program Mentors

Leadership Mentor
The College at Brockport Leadership Development Task Force recognizes that the mentoring of students by faculty and staff is an integral part of the higher education leadership development experience.  Under the College’s leadership development program, the mentoring relationship will assist mentees with their leadership journey by providing resources necessary to assisting with their individual, group and community experiential growth and development.

What is the role of the mentor?
Mentoring relationships are power free and should be based on trust, acknowledgment of mutual benefit, confidentiality, and sound, responsible and respectful communication. Mentors need to be positive, and provide constructive and honest feedback in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Mentors are facilitators and teachers; they are like a sounding board enabling the individual to discover and determine their development requirements and then work towards developing these requirements. To do this the Mentor will typically:

• establish a non-threatening relationship in which individuals feel safe and
• secure raising and talking about issues;
• assist the individual to reflect on their actions, thoughts, beliefs and feelings;
• listen, clarify, reflect on and, when called for, challenge the individual’s actions, thoughts and beliefs;
• assist the individual to develop strategies for analyzing and solving problems and becoming effective decision makers,
• share insights of their own expertise and experience to help the individual’s development,
• provide guidance to the individual on the topics for discussions.

As a mentor it is important to establish the parameters and conditions of the mentoring relationship. You are not expected, as a mentor to engage in counseling that should be addressed by an appropriately trained professional. As such it is important to be honest and only address issues within the realm of your expertise and experience.

Click here for the Mentor Resource Guide to learn more about the program and overall requirements!

Also, check out the Quick Mentor Guide to Requirements and myBrockport

Read the latest edition of The eLeader, the LDP's Online Newsletter

November 2012 eLeader

Mentor Meeting Resources by Topic

Establishing the Mentor/Mentee Relationship

Assessments and Questionaires

Helpful Guidelines

Mentoring Action Plan Worksheet

Mentee Expectations Discussion Form

Green Certificate Journal Response Prompts

Social Justice, Power and Privilege

Exploring Privilege Activity

Exploring Multiple Identities

Case Studies

Coming Soon!

Ted Talks

Susan Cain: The power of introverts
http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html

Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html

Steve Jobs: How to live before you die
http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html

Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability
https://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html

Hans Rosling: Stats that reshape your worldview
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.
html

Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html

Derek Sivers: How to start a movement
http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement.html

Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice
http://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice.
html

Wade Davis: Dreams from endangered cultures
http://www.ted.com/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures.html

Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!
http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html

Drew Dudley: Everyday leadership
http://www.ted.com/talks/drew_dudley_everyday_leadership.html

Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different?
http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different.html

Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies
http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson.html

Kathryn Schulz: On being wrong
http://www.ted.com/talks/kathryn_schulz_on_being_wrong.html

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Events

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Collaborative Training Dinner
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Tue, Aug 20

Faculty Staff Convocation
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Collaborative Training
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Tue, Aug 27

Red Cross Blood Drive
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