Facilitating Mentee-Driven Goal Setting

By skillfully assisting with the goal-setting process, mentors can help mentees set their own goals and take ownership of their career development.

Setting SMART—specific, measurable, action-oriented, realistic, and timely— learning goals is one of the most daunting challenges mentors and mentees face.

Although both mentor and mentee must play active roles in the goal-setting process, the responsibility for facilitating it lies with the mentor. The mentor's role is to ensure tha