I’m not sure if this has made me work harder, but it’s definitely helped me work better. There are two types of mentoring calls I’ve tried and found helpful:
Coaching calls with someone more experienced. These have been really useful for learning about best practices and getting external input from someone who has experience with the types of issues I’m experiencing at work. For example, I first learned about situational leadership in one of these coaching calls, and that greatly changed how I did management and helped me improve at managing up.
Peer-mentoring calls with someone in a similar position. For the last 4-5 years, I’ve had biweekly or monthly peer-mentoring calls with the same person. They’ve been really helpful in discussing object-level issues in my job and sense-checking how I’m approaching different projects at work. A big part of these calls is setting goals for how we want to develop professionally, and holding each other accountable to those.
Peer-mentoring and coaching calls.
I’m not sure if this has made me work harder, but it’s definitely helped me work better. There are two types of mentoring calls I’ve tried and found helpful:
Coaching calls with someone more experienced. These have been really useful for learning about best practices and getting external input from someone who has experience with the types of issues I’m experiencing at work. For example, I first learned about situational leadership in one of these coaching calls, and that greatly changed how I did management and helped me improve at managing up.
Peer-mentoring calls with someone in a similar position. For the last 4-5 years, I’ve had biweekly or monthly peer-mentoring calls with the same person. They’ve been really helpful in discussing object-level issues in my job and sense-checking how I’m approaching different projects at work. A big part of these calls is setting goals for how we want to develop professionally, and holding each other accountable to those.