Be honest with your mentees. Share your feelings of concern and diminished confidence. Your value as a mentor isn’t that you have nothing left to learn; it’s that you’re slightly further along the learning process and you’re willing to share.
So, here you are, learning your way through the current crisis (as we all are!). To my mind, the advice and guidance that you can offer now is even more important, because the lessons that you’re learning (against hubris, towards greater humility and carefulness) are worth sharing.
Model the behavior you want to see in your mentees. Don’t quit now. Learn and try to to better.
Be honest with your mentees. Share your feelings of concern and diminished confidence. Your value as a mentor isn’t that you have nothing left to learn; it’s that you’re slightly further along the learning process and you’re willing to share.
So, here you are, learning your way through the current crisis (as we all are!). To my mind, the advice and guidance that you can offer now is even more important, because the lessons that you’re learning (against hubris, towards greater humility and carefulness) are worth sharing.
Model the behavior you want to see in your mentees. Don’t quit now. Learn and try to to better.