What is the AFCOMA Mentoring Program?
Answer: A program that emphasizes a partnership arrangement between mentees and mentors in which mentees express an interest in pursuing career goals and professional aspirations followed by a desire of mentors to share their knowledge, skills, and organizational insights.
What is Mentoring?
Answer: Mentoring is an active and sincere effort designed to develop the full potential of an individual through the sharing of knowledge, skills, and organizational insight.
Who is a Mentor and Mentee?
Answer: A mentor is a teacher, coach, guide, and communicator. A mentee is the driver, learner, evaluator, and communicator.
How Long is the Program?
Answer: Currently, the formal mentoring program spans a six-month period.
Who Can Participate in the Program?
Answer: Officers at the grades of 0-1 to 0-10 and civilians at the grade of GS-9 to SES.
What Can I Expect If I Sign Up as a Mentee?
Answer: Signing a 6-month mentoring agreement with your mentor acknowledging a commitment to consistent engagements targeted to develop you. The mentee will complete a 10-year plan highlighting essential leadership developmental needs, goals, expectations, self-assessments, and desired outcomes. As a mentee, you will enter a professional partnership between yourself and mentor(s) based upon common goals and interests.
What Can I Expect If I Volunteer as a Mentor?
Answer: Signing a 6-month mentoring agreement with your mentee acknowledging a commitment to consistent engagements with your mentee(s). Serve as the teacher, coach, guide, and communicator to your mentee(s). Navigate your mentees through their 10-year plan by providing actionable feedback and practical insights. As a mentor, you will enter a professional partnership between yourself and mentees based upon common goals and interests.
What are the Potential Benefits to Me as a Mentor?
Answer: Gain new perspectives, receive personal satisfaction, sharpen your management and leadership/interpersonal skills, and learn as you teach.
What Are the Potential Benefits to Me as a Mentee?
Answer: Improve your overall performance; identify more realistic career goals, strategies, and options; build higher confidence; develop an ability to create a targeted action plan; experience increased opportunities for continuous learning and coaching; gain access to a sounding board; and acquire a greater understanding of the Air Force, its culture, and operations.
How Do I Sign Up?
Answer: Contact the Vice President for Mentoring Program at AFCOMAmentorship@gmail.com