Mentoring Handbook

Mentoring Handbook 
Welcome to the NIST Mentoring Pilot Program. The central goal of this program is to actively promote mentoring relationships throughout the organization in order to create and develop a "mentor-rich environment." The program is designed to encourage a workplace atmosphere in which interpersonal interactions can be marshaled to benefit both individual career goals and the productivity of the organization.

The Mentoring Pilot Program will provide a structure designed to form mentoring relationships, and train mentors and proteges in communication and mentoring skills in Workshops and facilitated focus group meetings. Because the Program is built around a formal pilot program, mentors and mentees are formally matched. Employees with on-going mentoring relationships may want to attend training together with their mentor/mentee to improve mentoring skills