Differing Perspectives of an Examination of a Mentoring Mindset

The Mentoring Mindset dissertation study examines the characteristics consisting of attitudes, behaviors, and competencies of protégés in a mentoring relationship. The study examines the presence or absence of a protégé mentoring mindset from the mentor’s viewpoint. It also examines the presence or absence of a protégé mentoring mindset from the protégé’s viewpoint. The mentoring mindset consists of five major categories: 1) takes initiative/lacks initiative [behavior], 2) learning orientation/lacks learning orientation [attitude], 3) skillful & organized/lacks skill and organization [competency], 4) relational skills/lacks relational skills [behavior, competency], and 5) reflective/unreflective [attitude, behavior]. The framework indicators of the presence of a protégé mentoring mindset are that the protégé takes the initiative, has a learning orientation, has a goal orientation, is relational, and is reflective. During the journey several small audiences were surveyed, and their responses recorded to understand, as a group, there differing perspectives. I will present and discuss those differing perspectives