I agree mentorship seems really important and I know it has benefited me alot. The idea of creating a culture / expectation that senior CB’s have formal mentorships with junior CB’s sounds good, largely becuse I think characteristics that make for a good CB make for a good mentor. However, I think it is really important that the senior CB mentors feel excited about it, as that seems necessesary for a fruitful mentorship. Also, I think it would benefit from some kind of coordination / scaffolding / guidance. It would also be relevant to check in with CB’s on this, as I think quite a few feel like they are in somewhat of a CB bubble only interacting with peers and not getting enough high level input / recognition. Furhter, I think it is important not to forget about senior CB’s as I think mentorship can be beneficial for a long time.
Having regular check ins, even when there aren’t specific questions also seems like a good idea. It actually came up alot during interviews. And there seems to be demand for getting an oppurtunity to reflect and being held accountable, but also to vent and get recognition. Very good point about specifying how this would or would not affect the CB’s future evaluations!
I’d love to input from the career 1-1 training workshops you ran! I’ll reach out for a meeting.
Thank you for the input!
I agree mentorship seems really important and I know it has benefited me alot. The idea of creating a culture / expectation that senior CB’s have formal mentorships with junior CB’s sounds good, largely becuse I think characteristics that make for a good CB make for a good mentor. However, I think it is really important that the senior CB mentors feel excited about it, as that seems necessesary for a fruitful mentorship. Also, I think it would benefit from some kind of coordination / scaffolding / guidance. It would also be relevant to check in with CB’s on this, as I think quite a few feel like they are in somewhat of a CB bubble only interacting with peers and not getting enough high level input / recognition. Furhter, I think it is important not to forget about senior CB’s as I think mentorship can be beneficial for a long time.
Having regular check ins, even when there aren’t specific questions also seems like a good idea. It actually came up alot during interviews. And there seems to be demand for getting an oppurtunity to reflect and being held accountable, but also to vent and get recognition. Very good point about specifying how this would or would not affect the CB’s future evaluations!
I’d love to input from the career 1-1 training workshops you ran! I’ll reach out for a meeting.