2. PMI® Central Illinois Chapter www.pmi-cic.org
Chapter Mentoring Program
Vaneetha Crampton, VP of Membership
2017
PMI® Central Illinois Chapter
In a competitive global economy, PMI gives project managers and professionals the tools and support you need to make your mark on the profession.

3. MENTORING Agenda Why PMI needs Mentoring program Coaching vs Mentoring
Benefits of Mentoring
Mentor and Mentee
Expectations
Scope

4. WHY MENTORING ?
One of PMI Strategic Objectives is to make leadership excellence a strategic competency:
Create a model for developing a strategic competency in leadership excellence that would be based on a culture of learning, founded on respect and support for one another.
Source: PMI Strategic Plan (November 2004)

5. Mentoring vs Coaching
Coaching is a more about instructing and directing (Push approach).
Mentoring is more about advising, listening and influencing (Pull approach).

6. MENTORING Benefits Acquire knowledge and enhance professional skills
Learning more efficiently
Gaining increased confidence
Receive practical advice
Increase professional network
Pass on years of experience
Broadened perspective

7. Mentor
A Mentor is an experienced, wise and trusted adviser, counsellor or teacher.
Helps mentee build skills to reach their goals.
A Mentor is not a personal counsellor.

8. Mentee
Mentee is a person who seeks to develop with the help of mentor.
Mentee takes responsibility for their personal development including identifying his/her own goals and makes plan to meet them.
Mentee owns and drives the relationship.
Mentee is not an additional resource for the mentor.

9. Expectations Mentor and Mentee makes commitment to the relationship.
The Mentor and Mentee will collaboratively develop a customized Project Management mentoring plan and conduct ongoing reviews to determine progress against the plan.
Discuss and schedule the probable length of formal mentor/mentee partnership.
The Mentoring Plan objectives must be practical, time bound, and specific.

10. Expectations Setup expectations and limits. Maintain confidentiality.
Focus on mentoring goals.
Documents and tracks mentee progress in a formal tool.
Declare any conflict of interest in advance.
Keep the relationship on a professional basis.

11. Scope
The program will be focused on Project Management related topics such as:
Project Management Processes
Scope Management
Time Management
Cost Management
Risk Management
Procurement
Quality Management
Human Resource management
Leadership skills
Project reporting and project success measurement

12. Questions?
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