If you’re an industry leader — or want to become one — here’s your chance to learn, grow and forge meaningful relationships with others. This mentoring program harnesses the power of the group to help mentees set and achieve professional/career goals and forge new connections. Mentoring takes place in small groups, and each group functions independently, setting its own meeting dates, times and locations.
• Mentors and mentees complete the mentoring program application; the mentoring program committee uses the
information provided in the match process to create mentoring groups.
• To the degree possible, each mentoring group is made up of two mentors and approximately four mentees.
• Mentoring group members share a common area of interest/focus, developmental area or type of goal.
• Mentors and mentees are notified about their assigned group and are encouraged to introduce/connect with each other
prior to the program kickoff.
• Key program information (definition of mentoring, mentor/mentee roles and responsibilities, goal-setting forms/other
available tools and resources) will be shared with mentors and mentees prior to/during the kickoff.
• Mentees set a goal at the beginning of the program; mentors (as well as other members of the mentoring group) help
mentees make progress toward achieving their goals.
• All mentors and mentees participate in the kickoff event; each mentoring group determines its own rules/expectations
and establishes its own meeting format and schedule.
• Mentoring groups work together over the course of approximately six months, meeting at least twice per month (with
at least one meeting each month face-to-face) to help mentees make progress toward their goals.
• At the end of the program, mentees assess the progress they made toward their goals, and consider how to continue to
leverage/apply what they’ve learned.
Program activities
• Mentor training: via GoToMeeting; two sessions offered: 29 March and 5 April
• Mentee orientation: Self-study materials will be provided via email in March
• Program kickoff: Evening of 12 April in Basking Ridge, NJ - mandatory attendance
• Mentoring circles meet on their own for six months, from May to October
• Closing celebration - late October in NJ, date TBA
2018 mentoring locations
This regional program features in-person meetings of mentoring groups, with potential locations listed below. Note: not all of the locations listed may end up being offered; it depends on demand (ie, are there enough applicants in a location to field one or more mentoring circles). In the application survey, you will be asked to select a preferred location(s) for in-person mentoring group meetings.
• New York City area
• Northern New Jersey
• Central New Jersey
• Southern New Jersey
Mentee or mentor?
• Mentees are emerging leaders. They have a strong sense of their development needs and can identify one or more areas in which they need mentoring support. Mentees must have the time to prepare for their group’s meetings, fully participate and help plan these sessions, and then “do the work” — that is, be willing to stretch, take risks and use resources to tackle their mentoring goal.
• Mentors are seasoned executives with significant experience in the healthcare industry or related services. They have a keen sense of their own strengths coupled with the ability and commitment needed to guide their mentees. Mentors are willing to share of themselves — relaying stories and anecdotes from their careers, recounting successes and failures, offering ideas and approaches and identifying tools and connections. Most mentors have experience in a director-level or higher position and/or have developed both individuals and teams.
How to apply - Two steps
1. All mentees and mentors must register by clicking on the button below. Mentees pay the mentee program fee now.
2. All mentees and mentors must complete the online application survey by 8 March; this survey is automatically sent via email as soon as this registration is completed.
Notes
• Applicants must register and complete their respective application survey by 8 March to be considered
for the program.
• If a mentee cannot be accommodated in the program, the mentee program fee will be refunded in full.
HBA membership requirements
This is an HBA members-only program, and both mentees and mentors must be/become HBA members to participate. Mentees and mentors who are accepted into the program, elect to participate and who are not already members must join the HBA prior to attending the program kickoff. Please note:
• Mentees: HBA annual membership dues are separate and distinct from the mentee program fee and represent an
additional charge.
• HBA annual membership dues are not refundable. Make sure you have been accepted into the program and have decided
to participate before joining.
Consult your manager or HR department to see if reimbursement will be provided. Find out more about the value of HBA membership and the annual nonrefundable membership dues here..
Registration/application deadline
Register and complete the online application by 8 March 2018.
Cancellations/refunds
Is this event refundable? Yes; if a mentee cannot be accommodated within the program, the mentee program fee will be refunded in full. If a mentee decides not to participate in the program and provides written notification to
HBAMentoring.NYNJ@gmail.com no later than 2 March 2018, the mentee program fee will be refunded in full. Following that, no refunds are available.