Mentor Resource Kit

Helpful Resources for Mentoring 

Please note: These links will open as PDF downloads or re-route to another webpage.

• Why Leaders Who Are Mentored Outperform Those Who Aren’t by Ron Carucci
• The Best Mentors Think Like Michelangelo, by W. Brad Johnson and David G. Smith
• Hearts Touched With Fire: How Great Leaders Are Made, by David Gergen
• Who's Got the Monkey, by William Oncken, Jr. and Donald L. Wass (Harvard Business Review)
• The Right Way to Hold People Accountable, by Peter Bregman (Harvard Business Review)
• Mellody Hobson on Mentorship, Diversity, and Feedback, from McKinsey & Company
• Eisenhower Matrix 
• Great Mentors Focus on the Whole Person, Not Just Their Career, by Rick Woolworth
• The Mentor Who Made Dr. Anthony Fauci, by Ben Cohen
• Six Things Every Mentor Should Do, by Vineet Chopra, MD & Sanjay SAINT, MD
• What the Best Mentors Do, by Anthony K. Tian
• What Mentorship Really Means, by Simon Sinek
• Women Prefer Other Women as Mentors - Sometimes, by Lisa Ward (Wall Street Journal)

Some Suggestions Based on Experience with BCLP Mentorships, by Gordon Riggle - BCLP Mentor

Guidelines, Session Topics, & Suggestions, compiled by Boulder-CU Leadership Program Staff

Assessment Tools

• Emotional Intelligence Test, Psychology Today (takes approx. 45 minutes)
• Harvard University Intelligent Interactive Systems Group (takes approx. 10 minutes)

Program Forms 

Please note: These links will open as Microsoft Word documents.

• Expectations Agreement: This is to be signed by both the mentor and mentee at the beginning of the program.
• Mentor Feedback Form: This will be utilized at the conclusion of the program.​

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If you have any questions or issuse opening these files, please contact Jessi Follett.