Emerging Manager Mentoring Program

​​​Training/Orientation – Providing a Clear Understanding of the Mentoring Program.

• As a mentor, you are serving as a role-model to someone asking for your guidance. We’ll identify the mentor’s roles and responsibilities, as well as best practices of mentoring.
• As a mentee, you are asking someone to offer his or her time to help further your career. We’ll help prepare you for your first meeting and how to make the most of both of your time.

Introductions – Starting the Relationship

Meet your mentor/mentee! Using applications, we will match those with similar experience and expected outcomes.  After training, we will introduce you to each other. From there, you manage your relationship and expectations. We’ll just check in with you along the way.

Evaluations – Maintaining the Relationship 

We’ll check in with mentees mid-way and with mentees and mentors at the end of the six month program. While the conversation and content of the relationship is between you, we are only interested on the process, and how the relationship is going!​

• ​​You must be a full-time state employee.
• You must be interested in pursuing a management career path.
• You must  have completed the Emerging Manager training program (Management education).
• Have your manager's approval to participate in the program.
• ​Be able to commit to attend the mentee orientation.
• Be able to commit to meet with your mentor six times throughout the program.
• Your manager must submit a short email narrative on why they support your participation and believe you are a good candidate for this program by the application deadline. 
  
  

Click here to submit an application.​

• ​​​You must be a manager or supervisory currently managing staff.
• You must have a minimum of three years management experience (private or public sector)
• Commitment to attend a training or mentoring.
• Be able to commit to meet with your mentee six times throughout the program.
• Your manager supports your participation in the program. ​​
  
  

Click here to submit an application.​​

​​​​​​Application

• ​If you'd like to be considered as a potential participant in the mentorship program, please follow the appropriate link located under 'Tools' and complete the application.

Training and Orientation

• These are designed to provide a clear understanding of the mentorship program to the participants. Training and orientation will be conducted on a pre-determined day and participants are expected to attend.

Matching

• We match based on career development or professional growth by using similar experience and expected outcomes to create pairs​.

Duration

• Six months from training/orientation to the final evaluation.

Meeting T​imes

• You decide! Expectations are that the mentee and mentor will meet at least six times throughout the program, but when those meetings happen is up to the matched pair. 

Monthly Topics

• Each month mentees and mentors will be provided with a list of possible discussion topics. These are completely optional and meant to help initiate conversations.