What is the Protégé Development Plan?
The primary reason for a mentoring relationship is to help the protégé with his or her personal and/or professional development. The Protégé Development Plan is the main document to formalize the specific objectives of the relationship. (Source: The Complete Guide to Mentoring and Coaching) A Protégé Development Plan has two elements: 1. The content of the relationship (what the mentoring relationship will focus on); and 2. The process of the relationship (how the mentoring relationship will be conducted). Ingage uses the Protégé Development Plan as a working document between the mentor and protégé. It defines the length of the relationship, the timing and locations of meetings, accessibility outside of formal meetings, confidentiality, reporting and the assessment process. It also includes the goals of the protégé and tracks the steps of how the protégé, with the help of the mentor, will achieve those goals.
