Mentor matching for the SEED legacy StorageTek term is going very
well. We have 14 out of 28 participants matched so far. A wide variety
of very senior executives have signed up as mentors this term:
they include VPs from Scalable Systems, IT, Legal, Software, and Operations.
Almost every participant has been matched with either their first or
second choice mentor. Of course, some mentors have declined to participate
but in general we are getting a high number of acceptances.
Some Participants will be considered by six or more potential Mentors before a
good match is found. Others are immediately matched with their first choice.
Each potential Mentor may have multiple email, phone, or personal contacts
with SEED’s program staff. Potential Mentors are contacted serially in
priority order and each one may take a long time to respond and then decide.
The Participant is not kept informed of each step in the match process. They
do not know which potential mentor from the “Wish List” is contacted.
Potential mentors need to have space and time to consider the possibilities
of a mentoring partnership without risk of offending the potential mentee
or interfering with future communications with them or their manager.
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