The preparing phase is the discovery stage of the mentoring relationship:

• Discover your own personal motivation and readiness to be a mentor
• Get to know your mentee and build rapport
• Create a context for the learning partnership you and your mentee will build together

The negotiating phase is the business stage of the mentoring relationship: 

• Support your mentee by helping them create learning goals
• Create a learning agreement with your mentee, to cover shared responsibilities and ground rules
• Establish boundaries with your mentee 

This phase is the work stage of the mentoring relationship – this is where mentors will have the most contact with their mentees: 

• Support your mentee's learning and challenge their assumptions through one-on-one mentoring and mentor-led group work
• Provide useful feedback to them to help them achieve their desired learning goals

The coming to closure phase is the reflection stage of the mentoring relationship: 

• Assess the value of your mentoring partnership 
• Identify areas of growth and learning 
• Celebrate the achievement of learning outcomes