Some of the benefits NMM mentees have identified include the opportunity to:

  • Obtain support and encouragement
  • Solicit advice
  • Learn from another’s experience
  • Increase confidence
  • Be taken out of their comfort zone
  • Define clearer goals and support in achieving them
  • Grow personally
  • Widen their perspectives
  • Learn more about how the world actually works
  • Build leadership skills
  • Have a thinking partner
  • Have a safe environment to bounce ideas off
  • Have someone who believes in them but will also push them
  • Gain inspiration