Who is your mentor in Project Management? How has your mentor helped you?

Hi Maria: Thank you for sharing your experience. I know what you mean about improving your skills and learning happens with each project. That has definitely been my experience too. I think asking my local PMI chapter is a great suggestion - our PMI chapter is excellent. I will check there for sure!

Hello Lori, my Project Mentors were professionals who helped me understand the human, social and strategic relationships in each company where I worked, not necessarily giving me technical knowledge, but teachings of Leadership and Strategy.

Hi Lori,

When I've worked in big IT organizations, my mentor was my N+1 or N+2. They transmitted me the passion for doing a great job and improve every day my skills. There were not a difficult application process because not all people used this great opportunity, and there were more mentors that people interested in this program.

After start working as a freelance, I don't have a real mentor, but in each project, I'm improving different skills, or learn something new, due to work with different PMO or other project managers with different certifications backgrounds.

I've seen in my local chapter website that they offered this services. Did you check your local chapter?

Thanks Wagner and Rami: My situation has been very similar to yours. There are several people in my company that I respect and go to for support and guidance when needed. Most of their leadership has been in human, social and strategic relationships as well vs. technical. Our company does offer a mentoring program, but it is an application process and then you must be selected and matched. They select a certain number of individuals per year. Do your companies do this? Does anyone know if PMI offers a mentoring program?.