Why is the Mentoring Process Important (Mar 2008)

Why is the Mentoring Process Important?


Everyday we have the opportunity to influence the professional lives and actions of our clients. Their long-range and short-term goals should be supported by our knowledge and skills in developing their functional capabilities and organizational capacity.

The MPRI Mentoring Process is an important system that is designed to provide a logical and effective means of support to the overall goals of the client.

The process is based on three basic principles:

(1) Knowledge of the Functional Area. This is where the mentor is capable of transferring knowledge and understanding to the client as a means of building the client’s technical skills in their functional area.

2) Contract Requirements. This is the basic boundaries within which our mentor’s work. It is the customer’s measure of effectiveness. Our mentoring work should be geared to the needs of the contract, but balanced with the capability of the client.

3) Communication. This is the most crucial element of the mentoring process, without the skills, tact, or ability to listen to and communicate with the client, the best intentions will not succeed. Effective communication is based on trust and mutual respect.

The MPRI Mentoring Process is a system designed to promote the knowledge, skills and capability of the client and help the client increase his own and the organization’s ability to successfully perform a given task or mission.