As a project manager, you have identified a team member with potential leadership qualities who lacks experience presenting to stakeholders. To promote their growth, you decide to mentor them. What is the FIRST step you should take to commence the mentoring process?
Identify specific mentoring objectives aligned with the team member's development needs and the project goals.
Provide the team member with a detailed overview of all roles and responsibilities within the project.
Assign additional responsibilities to the team member that are indirectly related to presenting to stakeholders.
Observe the team member's interactions during meetings for a month before initiating any mentoring discussions.
The correct answer is to identify specific mentoring objectives aligned with both the team member's development needs and project goals, which will guide the mentoring relationship. Establishing clear objectives is essential before engaging in mentoring activities to ensure that both mentor and mentee have a common understanding and purpose for the mentoring sessions. In contrast, observing the team member's interactions without set objectives may not provide direction, assigning responsibilities unrelated to presentation skills won't address the immediate need for improvement in that area, and providing an overview of all roles and responsibilities isn't specifically targeted to the identified development need.
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