Speed Mentoring
Guardians,
Before the holidays, I had a chance to participate in a Speed Mentoring session along with the Vice Commandant and several other flag officers and senior enlisted leaders. We found it to be a quick, efficient, and meaningful way to positively impact several junior members in one sitting. Here is a summary (/Speed%20Mentoring%20Event.pdf) of the event from LTJG Jenny Raisanen who is stationed in the Intelligence and Criminal Investigations Directorate (CG-2).
It is a pretty simple concept. Using a deck of cards scripted with thought provoking questions, a group of mentees can ask experienced military and civilian leaders questions about careers, personal goals, and aspects of the professional journey in a fun and non-intimidating way. It can serve as an icebreaker for mentors and mentees. I found it so valuable that we are procuring a set of cards for every Coast Guard flag officer and SES.
The start of the new year is a perfect time to enhance your leadership techniques and figure out how you can help grow the next generation of Guardians. Speed mentoring can meet both of those goals.
Before the holidays, I had a chance to participate in a Speed Mentoring session along with the Vice Commandant and several other flag officers and senior enlisted leaders. We found it to be a quick, efficient, and meaningful way to positively impact several junior members in one sitting. Here is a summary (/Speed%20Mentoring%20Event.pdf) of the event from LTJG Jenny Raisanen who is stationed in the Intelligence and Criminal Investigations Directorate (CG-2).
It is a pretty simple concept. Using a deck of cards scripted with thought provoking questions, a group of mentees can ask experienced military and civilian leaders questions about careers, personal goals, and aspects of the professional journey in a fun and non-intimidating way. It can serve as an icebreaker for mentors and mentees. I found it so valuable that we are procuring a set of cards for every Coast Guard flag officer and SES.
The start of the new year is a perfect time to enhance your leadership techniques and figure out how you can help grow the next generation of Guardians. Speed mentoring can meet both of those goals.
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1 Comments:
ADM Allen,
Thank you for the heads up on the Speed Mentoring concept. I did a bit of research and found a toolkit from the University of Kentucky with lots of detail on logistics (http://www.uky.edu/PCW/Speed%20Mentoring%20Toolkitfinal.pdf).
I'm going to try this with my units. It would be great to see a USCG centric toolkit, perhaps from the LDC.
Happy New Year sir,
Daren Lewis
USCG Aux
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