Active listening

Providing constructive feedback

Establishing a healthy mentoring relationship

Employing strategies to improve communication with mentee

Communicating effectively with your mentee’s other mentors

Working with mentees to set clear expectations of the mentoring relationship

Aligning your expectations with your mentee’s

Working with mentees to set research goals

Helping mentee to develop strategies to meet goals

Accurately estimating your mentee’s level of scientific knowledge

Accurately estimating your mentee’s ability to conduct research

Employing strategies to enhance your mentee’s research capabilities

Motivating your mentee

Building mentee’s confidence

Stimulating your mentees’ creativity

Acknowledging your mentees’ professional contributions

Negotiating a path to professional independence with your mentee

Working effectively with mentee whose personal background is different from your own (age, race, gender, class, region, culture, religion, family composition etc.)

Helping your mentee network effectively

Helping your mentee set career goals

Helping your mentee balance work with their personal life

Understanding your impact as a role model

Helping your mentee acquire resources (e.g. grants, etc.)