Mentorship Plan

When to use this

Without structure, mentorships drift into informal chats and quietly stop. This plan creates a contract: goals, cadence, and the question each session opens with.

# Mentorship Plan

**Mentee:** [Name]   **Mentor:** [Name]   **Period:** [6 / 12 months]   **Starts:** [Date]

## What the mentee wants from this relationship
1. [Specific goal]
2. [Specific goal]
3. [Specific goal]

## What the mentor will and won't do
- Will: ask questions, share experience, push back, hold the mentee accountable to their own goals
- Won't: solve problems for the mentee, become a therapist, give corporate intel

## Cadence
- Frequency: [Monthly / bi-weekly]
- Duration: [60 / 45 minutes]
- Format: [In person / video / mix]
- Cancellation rule: reschedule, don't skip

## Standard session structure
- 10 min: progress against the previous month's commitments
- 30 min: one topic the mentee brings, in depth
- 10 min: mentor reflection and challenge
- 10 min: commitments for next month, in writing

## Topics to cover over the period
| Month | Topic | Source material |
|-------|-------|------------------|
| 1 | Career horizon — 3-year view |       |
| 2 | Hard conversation toolkit |       |
| 3 | Building credibility with senior stakeholders |       |
| 4 | Saying no without burning bridges |       |
| 5 | Visibility without self-promotion |       |
| 6 | End-of-period review and renewal |       |

## What success looks like in 6 / 12 months
> [Specific outcome — promoted, switched roles, built a skill, recovered confidence, etc.]