Applications are now open and will begin being reviewed starting July 15, 2024
The MOLN Mentor program is now accepting applications for mentees for the new fall 2024 cohort. This is a semi-structured program for 12-14 months and is included in your MOLN membership dues. Applications will be reviewed, and matching will happen in August and September 2024. The matches will be communicated in early October with the launch of the new cohort at the Fall conference - October 17 & 18, 2024.
If any of these describe you, please consider applying!
- Early career and aspiring to a leadership role
- New to leadership and a strong desire to learn
- Looking at a next step for your career
- Experienced leader with specific needs for mentoring
2024 MOLN Mentee Application - Click Here to Apply!
Mentors offer a professional partnership, provide feedback, and help guide the mentee on their leadership journey. The mentor and mentee pairs will be matched and communicated early October. We will launch the program at the fall leadership conference. If you are unable to attend, you will receive information via email.
Applications are open July 15 through September 30 to MOLN members only. Please apply by filling out the google form above.
If you have questions about the program, please send an email to office@moln.org.
Goals of the Mentoring Program
- Develop the next generation of Nurse Leaders
- Provide a mentor for new nurse leaders who would like a mentor Leverage the expertise and experience of the large MOLN membership
- Support succession planning of leadership roles
Participants and Matching
The participants express interest by filling out an online application. The program coordinators match the mentors with several things in mind:
- Current role or aspiring to leadership.
- Mentors had some experience that the person doing the matching thought was relevant. Example: A mentor who currently works in the Twin Cities, may have been matched with someone in an outstate location. The mentor may have had previous experience in a like setting.
- Type of interest; advanced education; role in practice or education, or other stated interests
- Potential for ease of access. Please note most mentors are from the Twin City metro area. In some cases, matches are made within a larger healthcare organization, in some cases not.
Goal Setting
Mutual goals should be set and agreed upon to help the mentor and mentee focus their time together and to help measure success.
Resources to Guide the Mentorship Relationship
The resources listed below can be used as discussion tools and to help guide mentors and mentees.
Resources:
- Successful Goals
- Tips for Mentoring Success
- Framework MOLN Mentor Program
- Supports for Millennial Nurse Leaders
- Great Mentors Focus on the Whole Person, Not just their Career
- Mentoring Guide (developed by leaders in MOLN in 1996)
Program Coordinator:
Rebecca McGill: office@moln.org or rlmcgill@stkate.edu or by phone: 612-385-4884
Recommended Reading - To Help Guide you and Fill Your Bucket Up!
- Grit: the Power of Passion & Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
- Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
- Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
- Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, and Kenny Patterson
- Bounce Forward: The Extraordinary Resilience of Nurse Leadership by Elie Allsion Napolitano, PHD, Daniel J. Pesut, PHD, RN MPHCNS-BC, FAAN
- Complexity Leadership: Nursing’s Role in Healthcare Delivery by Diana M. Crowell
- Hardwiring Excellence: Purpose, Worthwhile Work, Making a Difference by Quint Studer
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
- FYI (For Your Improvement): A Guide for Development and Coaching (For Learners, Managers, Mentors, and Feedback Givers) by Michael M. Lombardo and Robert W. Eichinger
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
- Good to Great and the Social Sectors by Jim Collins
- Mentoring 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know by John C. Maxwell
- Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance: Leading a Great Enterprise Through Dramatic Change by Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
- The Nurse Leader Coach by Dr. Rose O. Sherman
- Make Your Bed: Little Things that Can Change Your Life… and Maybe the World by Admiral William H. McRaven
- Influencer: The Power to Change Anything by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, et al.
- Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and In Life, One Conversation at a Time by Susan Sc
- Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Allen Grant
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity by Allen Grant
- Think Like a Rocket Scientist by Ozan Varol
Planning or Development (Articles, Good Listens, and Quick Reads and Watches!)
- The Power of Vulnerability Brene Brown - TED talk
- HRB Good Feedback is a Two-Way Conversation
- Running Effective Meetings
- How Leaders Create and Use Networks
- Small Actions Make Great Leader
- No One is an Expert in Leadership by Simon Sinek
- How to Build Your Leadership Resilience! by John Baldoni - Forbes
- The Secret to Giving Great Feedback
Leadership Websites (Great Places to get more information!)
- AONL Nurse Leader Competencies | AONL
- Leading Blog: A Leadership Blog (leadershipnow.com)
- Leadership Challenge - Discover The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership®
Social Media (Great People to Google and Follow!)
- Adam Grant
- Cy Wakeman
- Brene Brown
- Simon Sinek
Podcasts
- Brave and Purposeful Leadership with Alexandra Young
- Resilient Leadership with Bridgette Theurer & Irvine Nugent, Ph.D.
For more information about the Mentorship Program, contact Rebecca McGill at office@moln.org or rlmcgill@stkate.edu or by phone: 612-385-4884.
Paine, Katee BSN, RN; Prochnow, Jenny A. DNP, MBA, NEA-BC Leadership strategies to support resilience, Nursing Management (Springhouse): April 2022 - Volume 53 - Issue 4 - p 12-19 doi: 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000824024.53750.66
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For more information about the Mentorship Program, contact Rebecca McGill at office@moln.org or rlmcgill@stkate.edu or by phone: 612-385-4884.