https://depictdatastudio.com/the-evaluation-mentor-a-wish-list-guest-post-by-katie-aasland/ Fri, 03 Nov 2023 15:20:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://depictdatastudio.com/the-evaluation-mentor-a-wish-list-guest-post-by-katie-aasland/#comment-125 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:32:41 +0000 http://annkemery.wordpress.com/?p=1357#comment-125 If I may add one other thing…. I try to create an atmosphere where my staff and mentees know that it is ok to make mistakes. Everyone will make mistakes. The key is to understand this will happen, and use them as teachable moments. Getting angry about mistakes only deflates young evaluators and makes them tentative in future work.
Related to this, I also make sure to not give my mentees or staff an assignment that is very high risk or something they can’t handle at that time. I want to challenge them, but at the same time not set them up for failure. Eventually, as their skill set improves, and as they get a better appreciation of some of the non-technical evaluation skills (like communication, framing results, how to handle difficult staff, etc.) I give them more responsibility and harder tasks.

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