L&D Leadership Skills
MentorTech
Georgia Tech’s MentorTech program is strategically designed to foster the professional development and career growth of Georgia Tech’s employees while building diverse networks across the Institute.
Take the next step towards creating a professional partnership. Do you have a desire to empower others? Apply to be a Mentor. Do you desire to take ownership of your professional growth? Apply to be a Mentee.
Registration is always open for the MentorTech program. To get started, create a mentorship profile for either or both roles (mentor and mentee). If you’re matched, we’ll email you the next steps. If a match is not available, you’ll stay in the system until a match becomes available.
How it Works
Create a Mentorship Profile
Interested mentees or mentors should create a mentorship profile through our MentorCliq system. Registration takes about three minutes to complete and can be completed at any time of the year.
Respond to Mentorship Request
Based on your selected set of mentoring based competencies and a personality assessment, mentoring pairs are strategically matched to ensure a rich and transparent relationship. Successful pairings are notified via email. There is a possibility that you will not get matched.
Establish Mentee-Mentor Meetings
Once a match is made, the mentorship pair will meet to determine individual and collective professional goals and to establish a regular cadence of check-in meetings.
Co-Create Your Experience
As professional partners, you decide your time commitment. We recommend one hour per month but many commit more time. The mentoring relationship will last as long as the partners have a need and find value in the experience.
MENTORTECH-AT-A-GLANCE
Through one-on-one experiences, participants will establish a professional partnership with a colleague outside their own department, leading to elevated horizons, strengthened leadership skills, and insightful connections for life and career.
Career Guidance
Work-Life Transitions
Technical Competency
Career Sponsorship
My mentee is absolutely one of the best people I have ever met, and I can now also call her my friend. She has taught me to be objective, inquisitive, and compassionate regarding a cause. I hope I’ve helped her personally and professionally, but I know she’s helped me.
Closeout Manager, Office of Sponsored Programs
Although my mentee had a longer tenure at Georgia Tech, we were able to mutually agree upon building and establishing a vulnerable and transparent relationship where we confided with each other. I was able to provide career guidance, interview preparation best practices, performance and conflict management coaching, effective communication skills, professional development opportunities, and tips to effectively cultivate and establish professional interpersonal relationships.
Director of Human Resources, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
Director of Health Initiatives
Become a Mentor
Prospective mentors are experienced employees with at least two years of service to Georgia Tech and have the desire to foster a sense of empowerment within their mentee. Benefits of being a mentor include:
- Hands-on experience in leadership
- Communication and personal skills development
- Job and industry knowledge reinforcement
- Confidence and coaching enhancement
Become a Mentee
Prospective mentees have at least one year of service to Georgia Tech and seek an opportunity to increase self-efficacy while using their mentor as a guide. Benefits of having a mentor include:
- Ownership and engagement in your personal and professional development
- Strategic introductions and networking opportunities
- Insights, connections, and resources to aid in your career path
Additional
Resources
Engagement @Tech
Visit the Employee Engagement page for tools, programs, and services designed to foster a welcoming environment, support well-being, and encourage recognition. Discover initiatives to help create a workplace where every individual feels valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best.
People Leader Support
We define people leaders as members of our community who have direct reports and achieve their goals through the efforts of others. Whether you’ve recently joined Georgia Tech as a people leader, were promoted as a new people leader, or have been around for a while and want to assess your skills as a people leader, we have resources to help you build skills in this area.
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning offers a vast library of online courses covering a wide range of professional skills and personal development topics. For Georgia Tech employees, it provides an accessible platform to enhance their expertise, stay updated with industry trends, and support their career growth and continuous learning.
The Interruptions Podcast - Mentor Relationships
Mentorship relationships are a key component for navigating personal and professional challenges more seamlessly. In Episode 8 of the Interruptions podcast, LaTrese Ferguson, manager of Workplace Learning & Professional Development, discusses lessons from Georgia Tech’s mentoring program and two past participants share their own successful mentoring experience.