Mentorship Support

How to start working with a mentor or mentee

This project guide helps two Sky’s the Limit members work together through five meetings as they collaborate to establish a successful mentoring relationship.

Meeting 1: Get to know each other and set clear expectations

Before this meeting:

• Review: How to have a productive Intro Meeting and the Mentoring Meeting Guide.

In this meeting:

• Use the Mentoring Meeting Guide to set expectations and agree on a communication plan. 

1. Click here to create your own copy of the Mentoring Meeting Guide.

After this meeting:

• Entrepreneur: be sure to thank your mentor for their time. 

• Both: share any relevant tools or resources with each other. 

Meeting 2: Use 5 C’s to identify top two challenges

Before this meeting:

• Review: 5Cs of Problem Solving

In this meeting:

• Use your copy of your Mentoring Meeting Guide to identify and talk through your top two challenges to starting or growing your business.

After this meeting:

• Entrepreneur: be sure to thank your mentor for their time. 

• Both: share any relevant tools or resources with each other. 

• Note any agreed-upon next steps.

Meeting 3: Discuss the first challenge

Before this meeting:

• Review: The first challenge identified in your last meeting

In this meeting:

• Determine the best approach to talking through this challenge and working toward solutions.

  • Gradual Release Model

  • Setting SMART Goals

• Use the Gradual Release or SMART Goals section of your Mentoring Meeting Guide to take notes.

After this meeting:

• Note any agreed-upon next steps.

Meeting 4: Discuss the second challenge

Before this meeting:

• Review: The second challenge identified in your last meeting

In this meeting:

• Determine the best approach to talking through this challenge and working toward solutions.

  • Gradual Release Model

  • Setting SMART Goals

• Use the Gradual Release or SMART Goals section of your Mentoring Meeting Guide to take notes.

After this meeting:

• Note any agreed-upon next steps.

Meeting 5: Review progress and determine next steps

Before this meeting:

• Review: Review any meeting notes from you past four meetings

In this meeting:

• Both mentor and mentee should note any wins (positive experience, business milestones or goals achieved, etc.) and opportunities (things that didn’t go quite right, communication issues, etc.)

After this meeting:

• Either way, follow up! Be sure to thank each other for the experience of working together. 

• Let us know how it went!

• Be sure to mark your project complete, update your business tracker, and start a new project!