How can we assess that the mentor-mentee meeting have been useful for the progress of my mentee?

--- tags: short guide --- # How can we assess that the mentor-mentee meeting have been useful for the progress of my mentee? ## Giving small assignments: > [name=Malvika] Before a recent meeting, I shared a few questions with me mentee to reflect upon and share their notes in our shared HackMD before the meeting. Their response to those questions really helped to revisit their initial goal, revise them as per what is important for them to achieve during this program and how I can make the best of my time. Here are a few questions that worked for us, which you are welcome to reuse or add more reflection exercise that other mentors in the program can use: *We are in the middle of the program, we would like you to take some time to think about what goals you set up in the beginning of this program, where you are now and what specific goals you aim to achieve in the next 6-7 weeks. Be as detailed as possible!* - My goals were... - Where am I now in terms of my plan... - What has been useful for me... - Given my time/priority, I would revise my plan to achieve... *Can you think about and share specific challenges you faced in your journey at OLS-2 so far? Please list your personal leadership challenges that you would like to work on in the next weeks with us.* - Specific challenge I faced in OLS-2 are... - Personal leadership challenge I would like to work on with my mentor is...