The session that the mentor and mentee participate in, sometimes known as a mentoring session.

Corporate mentoring is a professional relationship in which an experienced person (the mentor) assists another (the mentee) in developing specific skills and knowledge that will enhance the less-experienced person’s professional and personal growth. Corporate mentoring is also called business mentoring.

Distance mentoring is when mentee and mentor living in different places. Sometimes also called e-Mentoring. Mentoring can take palace across states or provinces as well as countries and continents. Apart from time zones and language barriers, mentoring can take place anywhere.

(also known as ERGs, affinity groups, or business network groups) are groups of employees who join together in their workplace based on shared characteristics or life experiences.

This is the same as corporate mentoring, but the mentees are at the executive level and paired with senior executives.

This is when mentors and mentees meet just once or twice rather than a longer period such as six months or year. Unusually to discuss a specific topic or challenge. Also known as fast mentoring.

Formal mentoring programs are structured by organizations to achieve measurable outcomes and are supported by senior management with results and outcomes tracked and monitored.

Group mentoring requires a mentor to work a number of mentees at one time.

Informal mentoring is where there is mentoring taking place within an organization but on a casual basis and is often driven by the mentees themselves.

Machine learning is about providing programs the ability to analyse data to improve the way it works over time.

A mentor is a person with experience in a variety of areas who is willing to share his or her insights with a mentee to help them grow professionally and personally.

The mentee is a person seeking guidance and direction from a more experienced or knowledgeable mentor. A mentee drives the mentoring relationship and learns from the mentor.

Mentoring software uses algorithms to match mentors with mentees from online forms that are completed as part of the matching process.

Making a good match in mentoring is the most critical component to success.  Matching pairs takes into account skillsets,  work history , interests, personality traits to ensure the maximum compatibility between pairs.

This is the person who manages the mentoring program also known as a Program Administrator.

Normally a subscription based software to help match mentoring program participants and take them through a guided activity or connection plan.

This is the name given to the things that are tracked within a mentoring program such as number of successful matches, milestones achieved, number of meetings, etc.

The process of training  and teaching both mentors and mentees of the mentoring process and program.

In this traditional mentoring model, one mentor is matched with one mentee, and program manager monitors the match’s progress over the course of the partnerships time together.

the process of mentoring in a virtual environment such as using tools such as Zoom, FaceTime, What’sAp etc. along with using software to schedule meetings and calls as well as complete tasks and activities as part of the on-going mentoring partnership.

The process by which mentees take notes in their online notepad or journal as part of the mentoring process within a mentoring software.

Similar term for a mentee.  The definition of a  Protégé is “one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence”.

This form of mentoring matches senior executives (the mentees with younger people (the mentors) to help the older generation stay current and informed about new technologies or trends.

This is the financial results the benefit the organization based on the costs associated with running, planning and executing a mentoring program.

In this model, the mentee takes the initiative and asks a person to be his or her mentor.

Time-limited meetings (usually 1 hour) in which the relationship is intended to deliver targeted information or offer networking opportunities. One-time only.

This sort of planning helps transition people within your organization into more responsible positions as others leave the company and/or retire. Mentoring is often used as a way to make the transition go more smoothly.

The process of meeting on-line  via tools such as Zoom, What’sAp, FaceTime etc.