PAL library

Hey PALs, it’s good to have you here. This little section of the handbook is for both of you. Being a PAL is a two-way street, whether you are mentoring or being mentored, there is a lot of room for growth and opportunity to use other perspectives to learn and develop. You’ll find various docs here to help you out, in terms of setting up your sessions, preparing in advance, giving and requesting feedback, and how you can link these sessions to your ABCD performance reviews.

As always, there is a lot out there in the big wide world for us to learn from too, check out the resources and feel free to contribute more that you may have come across that you think others will find handy.

Structuring your PAL sessions

Question bank

Using ABCD to mentor

Giving and asking for feedback

Resources

Remember, if you wish to buy any books or courses, please get approval from your Team Manager before filling out a Payment Approval Request.

• The Manager’s Path (we have a copy)

• Mentoring 101 (we don’t yet have a copy; let us know if you want us to order)

• The Pragmatic Programmer (we have a copy)

• We have an Udemy account, 1password for details, there are lots of courses on effective mentoring.

• Havard Business Review: What good feedback really looks like