{"id":151,"date":"2015-06-02T09:36:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/ilearn\/?p=151"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:58:19","slug":"mentoring-matters-the-key-to-being-a-successful-mentor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/ilearn\/2015\/06\/02\/mentoring-matters-the-key-to-being-a-successful-mentor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentoring Matters: The Key to Being a Successful Mentor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><strong>You don\u2019t need to have experience in mentoring to be a great mentor.<\/strong><br>Being a mentor is a rewarding experience that allows you to pass along your knowledge and experience to help others. It is your personal characteristics and experience that will help you guide your mentee toward reaching their goals. There\u2019s no need to worry if you haven\u2019t mentored before.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/echo360.org\/media\/e03d901a-5f4e-4cb1-b088-f0acbfffecaa\/public\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Watch the second session, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch the second session<\/a>&nbsp;of the three-part Mentoring Matters Series&nbsp;and find out&nbsp;the skills you need \u2014 and don\u2019t need \u2014 to be a successful mentor. You\u2019ll learn all the benefits you receive from being a mentor, what your role should be, and what you should expect from your mentee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keynote Speakers:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Marlene Z. Cohen, PhD, RN, FAAN<br>Carol Lomneth, PhD<br>Elli Rogan, PhD<br>Rowen K. Zetterman, MD, MACP, MACG<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a aria-label=\"UNMC Mentoring Program, opens in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/academicaffairs\/faculty-affairs\/mentoring\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UNMC Mentoring Program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/echo360.org\/media\/e03d901a-5f4e-4cb1-b088-f0acbfffecaa\/public\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/ilearn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Watch-Recording-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153\" style=\"width:273px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/ilearn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Watch-Recording-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/ilearn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Watch-Recording-4-300x75.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\"Y wYjigwzJs  RnONajVf \">Y wYjigwzJs  RnONajVf <\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You don\u2019t need to have experience in mentoring to be a great mentor.Being a mentor is a rewarding experience that allows you to pass along your knowledge and experience to help others. It is your personal characteristics and experience that will help you guide your mentee toward reaching their goals. There\u2019s no need to worry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[47,19,64,61,65],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-advancement","category-leadership","tag-career-advancement","tag-faculty-development","tag-mentor","tag-mentoring","tag-trajectory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/ilearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/ilearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/ilearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/ilearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/ilearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/ilearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/ilearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions\/192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/ilearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/ilearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/ilearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/ilearn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}