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Scrum Master Choices: Professionalising the ‘Mentor’ Stance (Scrum Master as a Mentor Blog Series #1)
- Scrum.org's Scrum Master skill wheel includes 8 choices such as Teacher, Mentor, Coach, Facilitator, and more, which are crucial for success.
- The role of a Scrum Master as a mentor is about creating conditions for others to succeed through clarity, ethics, and consistent presence.
- Mentoring fosters long-term growth through trust, shared reflection, and voluntary guidance, different from coaching.
- Professionalising the mentor stance involves intentional practice, precise language, and clear boundaries, moving it from an instinctual to a structured approach.
- Five core principles of professional mentoring include Consent, Safety, Restraint, Relevance, and Integrity, focusing on mutual consent, psychological safety, intentional restraint, relevance, and integrity.
- Consent in professional mentoring begins with mutual agreement, ensuring a strong foundation for the mentor-mentee relationship.
- Safety is crucial in mentoring to create a conducive learning environment where individuals feel safe to express doubts and explore alternatives.
- Restraint in the mentor stance emphasizes supporting and guiding rather than imposing solutions or corrections, promoting the autonomy of the mentee.
- Relevance is essential in mentoring to provide impactful guidance that is connected to the current context and challenges faced by the mentee.
- Integrity is a key aspect of mentoring, emphasizing confidentiality, consistency, and the purpose of supporting the growth of others ethically and authentically.
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