Engage

Once your mentoring relationship is off to a good start, you and your mentee enter the second phase: engage.

From the outset you have worked on getting to know one another while at the same time planning specific activities and goals for the mentorship. This is sometimes called paying attention to "task" - the things you and your mentee want to do and accomplish; and to "relationship" - building a solid connection between you.

In the Engage phase, you will deepen and strengthen your relationship, developing greater mutual trust and respect. At the same time, you will be further defining tasks - defining goals and making plans for activities that will help meet your mentee's goals.