Once your mentee achieves their goal you will need to decide to continue your relationship or close this chapter of your relationship. It is important to recognize and praise your mentee’s improvement. Your encouragement will motivate more growth and action throughout the mentee’s career. Acknowledge challenges and obstacles that the mentee faced during your time together. Your recognition of the mentee’s efforts will help the mentee to see his or her efficacy and capability in a new light. You will want to end the mentoring relationship with a sense of purpose and direction for the future. We encourage you to use the last session to focus on future goals and life-long learning.
- Set expectations of your relationship moving forward.
- Acknowledge progress and growth in the mentee.
- Recognize the challenges your mentee has faced or overcame.
- Help your mentee set goals for the future.
- Ask your mentee to identify how he will accomplish his future goals.
- Encourage your mentee to be a life-long learner.