Project Management Mentoring

Melanie Lake Ashburn, Va, United States

Have you ever had a project management (or other career-related) mentor? If so, I would like to hear about your experience. How did you find your mentor or become a mentor to someone else? What were the benefits of the mentor-mentee relationship? Did you experience any challenges? Overall, did the experience help you achieve your career goals?

Posted: Feb 1, 2018 2:27 PM

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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Feb 02, 2018 9:02 AM

Replying to Melanie Lake

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Sante, what do you think caused the gap in your enthusiasm levels for the mentor-mentee relationship? I can certainly see how a newer/younger person would be interested in getting as much information and guidance from a more experienced person without considering the time commitment and level of effort involved for the experienced person.

The lower enthusiasm levels wasn't associated with the person I was mentoring, more the nature of the project I was not involved or invested in.

Posted: Feb 2, 2018 5:34 PM

SELENA BUCHANAN Project Manager Fairburn, Ga, United States

Before my career transition, I did seek the help of a mentor. I was able to find my mentor through the New Jersy PM Chapter even though I was Georgia resident. At that time PMI Atlanta was in search of a new coordinator for their mentor-mentee program. Rather than wait, I reach out to other chapters. Now that I'm on the executive board of the Atlanta Chapter I'm the current lead for an event called PMDoS (Project Mangement Day of Service). During this event, I require the mentee to shadow that mentors at this event. As a former mentee, I believe it essential that you get some on the job training with your mentor. It helps to reinforce the knowledge areas in the PMBOK.

Posted: Feb 7, 2018 5:06 PM

Ahmed Youssef El Salvador

My company just implement Mentor-mentee program, I was wondering how many mentees could I have, is it limited?

Posted: Aug 1, 2018 12:17 PM

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