Abstract
I am fortunate to have great mentors who believe in me and encourage me to reach beyond my self-doubts and make it possible for me to achieve more than I initially thought possible. I am now a professor, and how to be a great mentor has always been a question that I ask myself. Over the past seven years, I have developed a structured mentoring process to guide my practice. This structure has four phases: (1) 1–4 months to decide whether there is a good fit between the mentor and mentee; (2) 4–12 months to build the relationship by working closely with mentees to understand their career goals, passions, strengths, and weakness and working with mentees to formulate mentee development objectives; (3) 1–4 years to maintain the momentum of mentoring and regularly (every semester) check on the progress in mentoring; (4) End formal mentoring when mentees leave the lab but maintaining lifelong support to mentee’s career development. I will share how this structured mentoring process works in my lab and solicit feedback and suggestions on how to improve this process.
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