Module II: Develop Mentorship Skills

Key wellness/self-care & productivity/mentorship strategies (Module II: Develop Mentorship Skills)

1) Assess and plan your mentorship growth

• Use the Mentor Skills Matrix to evaluate your current mentoring strengths and gaps.
• Create a personalized Learning Plan with guidance from your own Career Mentor.

2) Develop mentorship skills mapped to a Leadership Talent Model

Leading People and Teams (4 focus areas)

• Continuous Feedback
  • Help mentees set clear, realistic, achievable goals
  • Create actionable plans
  • Regularly track progress
• Career Growth
  • Provide field-specific knowledge and expertise
  • Understand the mentee’s career path and working ecosystem
  • Use Globant Applications to support growth
  • Share relevant experiences and guide next-step development
• Effective Communication
  • Be clear and easy to understand
  • Practice active listening
  • Ask relevant questions
  • Provide thoughtful, constructive feedback
• Social Intelligence
  • Be empathetic and flexible
  • Network and build professional relationships
  • Leverage connections to create opportunities and expand mentees’ networks
• Cultural Experience
  • Teach mentees company norms, expectations, and “unwritten rules”
  • Help them integrate smoothly and build belonging

Leading Myself (personal capability building)

• Emotional Intelligence
  • Recognize, manage, and express emotions empathetically
  • Support mentees through sensitive topics with encouragement and trust
• Lifelong Learning
  • Continuously update knowledge and stay current with trends
  • Provide cutting-edge insights
  • Foster curiosity and growth
• D&I Mindset
  • Be aware of unconscious bias
  • Include and value diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences
• Smart Working Results
  • Apply work practices to achieve key results efficiently
  • Support mentees with problem-solving and exploring different perspectives

Leading the Business (mentorship at the business level)

• Drive Innovation
  • Bring new trends/knowledge from diverse perspectives
  • Encourage creative thinking and exploration of new ideas
• Business Vision
  • Apply Globant’s Business Model to understand the “big picture”
  • Use insights on industry trends, market dynamics, and priorities
  • Help mentees make informed decisions and plan careers aligned to organizational success

3) Close skill gaps with a structured plan (repeatable method)

1. Identify likely sources to fill gaps:
   • 360º Feedback
   • Feedback for Leaders
   • Self-assessment
   • Ask your Career Mentor
2. For each skill gap, define:
   • A goal (e.g., experiment, enhance, reskill)
   • Three actions to take
   • A metric to measure goal achievement
   • A timeframe
3. Cycle of improvement:
   • Make the actions
   • Review with your Career Mentor
   • Ask for feedback
   • Update your plan

4) Use recommended learning pathways

• Expand knowledge on Campus (learning recommendations per mentoring skill)
• Use Learning Match to connect with other mentors

Presenters / sources

• Globant (referenced as the organization and source of the Leadership Talent Model, Business Model, and “Globant Applications”)
• Mentor Skills Matrix (framework referenced in the module; no individual presenter named)
• Career Mentor (role referenced; no individual named)