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Stages of Mentorship

1. Assess Readiness

  • Understanding what the mentorship involves
  • Consideration of fit for mentoring
  • Determination of motivations for engagement

2. Prepare

  • Self-assessment and awareness building
  • Training on how to be an effective mentee/mentor
  • Connecting mentees and mentors

3. Set the Stage

  • Vision and goal setting
  • Clarifying roles of the mentee and mentor
  • Developing a mentoring plan

4. Develop Together

  • Implementing the mentoring plan
  • Regular check-ins
  • Ongoing reflection and assessment

5. Wrap Up

  • Assessing goal achievement
  • Sharing of success with others
  • Celebrating success and the mentorship experience

6. Evaluate and Plan Next Steps

  • Evaluating effectiveness of the mentorship
  • Planning next steps in career advancement

Mentorship Guides

Mentorship Training

Built on the foundation of the Mentorship Guides for Advancing Women in Coaching, the Coaching Association of Canada developed training resources to support the education and development of mentees.

NCCP Mentorship

The NCCP Mentorship module prepares individuals for their roles as mentors with clarity of purpose and confidence in their actions. The training reaffirms and strengthens their abilities and skills as a mentor, while expanding upon the mentor’s knowledge of the mentoring process. Completing the training will provide the mentor with the necessary standards and protocols to implement mentoring within their coaching community.

NCCP Mentorship Module
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Training for Effective Mentees

Training for Effective Mentees is a suite of resources available for sport organizations to host and facilitate three training workshops for mentees. The training was created to support mentees to better understand their role within a mentorship model. Organizations that administer mentorship programs are encouraged to host the training to support the mentees within their program and educate them on how to make the most of their participation within a mentorship program.

After completing Training for Effective Mentees, mentees will be able to:

  • Understand the role as a mentee 
  • Develop connections with other participants  
  • Gain the skills, knowledge, and tools to engage

The resource package includes the Mentee Workbook, a Facilitation Guide and accompanying PowerPoint, and should be used together with A Mentorship Guide for Advancing Women in Coaching: Mentee as reference material. Interested sport organizations may download the resources directly to host and facilitate the training for their mentees. The files are available for print, or to share electronically as fillable PDFs.

Download the full resource package here:

This project was made possible with financial support from the Sport Information Resource Centre’s Researcher/Practitioner Match Grants.

Financial Support

The Mentorship Guides were originally developed and published in 2017 through funding from Status of Women Canada and the Government of Canada.

The Mentorship Guides for Advancing Women in Coaching, NCCP Mentorship and Training for Effective Mentees resources were revised and launched in 2026 with funding from Women and Gender Equality Canada.  

For more information

For questions and more information, please contact Andrea Johnson at ajohnson@coach.ca.

Andrea Johnson

She/Her/Elle

Advisor - Equity Programs

Language(s) Spoken: English

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