The Mentor

SAM

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Andy Boon

CREATIVE EDUCATIONThe Mentor

PLEby Andy Boon

Book 10SAM

Pocket Reader Series

C R E AT I V E E D U C AT I O N

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Pocket Readers Overview

SAM

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The 10-book business reader series tells
the story of your first year working in
the product marketing department ofABC Convenience Stores. The series
looks at skills and strategies for being
successful in interviews, the first week
on the job, giving presentations, taking
part in meetings, writing emails,
entertaining business clients, goingoverseas on business, dealing with officeconflict, launching new products, andmentoring new staff.

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2. Unsuccessful:- Unsuccessful Mentoring...... 9

3. Successful:- Successful Mentoring..... 36

4. Language Focus & Tasks..... 55

SAM

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1. The Beginning

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1. The Beginning

SA

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The story begins with you. In April,
you started work in the productmarketing department of ABC Convenience Stores. You had a good firstweek on the job (See Book 2). You dida successful business presentation(See Book 3). You chaired a successful
business meeting (See Book 4). You
attended a training workshop. You
learned how to write better business emails (See Book 5). You looked
after and entertained two importantoverseas speakers from the U.S. (SeeBook 6). You went on your first business trip overseas, attended an important conference, and met Mary
Benson from the ABC U.K. team (SeeBook 7). There was a big office conflict with Mr. Ogawa. Mr. Ogawa

41. The Beginningwas fired (See Book 8). Finally, you dida successful product launch for soup(See Book 9).

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It is now the following year. It is April
3rd. You have been working for ABC
Convenience Stores for one year. It is
Wednesday morning. Ms. Tanaka
calls you into the meeting room.

SAM“You’ve done a great job for us inyour first year,” she says. “The twopartnership deals with Underground
Sandwiches are really successful.
And, you work really hard for us.”“Thank you,” you reply.
“I had a meeting with the director,
Kevin Wei and the assistant humanresources manager, Julie Morris
yesterday,” Ms. Tanaka says. “We5The Mentor

discussed Mr. Ogawa’s position.
As you know, he left the company
about three months ago.”

PLE“Yes,” you reply. You remember theconflict with Mr. Ogawa. You feel sad.

SAM

“We planned to hire somebody newfor his position,” Ms. Tanaka explains. “But, you’ve helped us out somuch by doing his job. We’re very
thankful. So, we decided yesterday
to promote you to his position.”“Promote me?” you ask. “You’re giving me a promotion?”“Yes, that’s right,” Ms. Tanaka smiles.
“Congratulations!” she says.

6“Thank you,” you say. You feel reallyhappy.

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PLE“So, we’re going to hire somebody
for your position,” Ms. Tanaka says.
“We’re going to advertise and dointerviews as soon as possible. We
hope to get a new employee for yourjob by the middle of April.”“Great,” you say.

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“And, we’d like you to mentor the newemployee. We’d like you to be his or
her mentor,” Ms. Tanaka requests.

SA“Mentor?” you ask.
“Yes,” Ms. Tanaka replies. “You’ll beresponsible for the new employee
for the first few weeks. You’ll help
the new employee. You’ll give them
advice, training, support, and so on.”“Sure,” you reply. “I can do it.”7

The Mentor“Okay,” Ms. Tanaka says. She smiles.
“And….”“And?” you reply.

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“Please don’t make the same mistakes that Mr. Ogawa did.” Ms.
Tanaka looks very serious. “Hementored a new employee a few
years ago. We had many complaints
from her. And, she quit the company after a week.”

SA“What mistakes?” you ask.

“You should speak to Julie Morris,”
Ms. Tanaka replies. “She’ll tell you
what happened. She’ll give you somegood advice about what NOT to do.”“Okay, thanks. I’ll talk to her,” youreply.
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2. Unsuccessful Mentoring
You send Julie Morris an email:Dear Julie,PLE

To: Julie MorrisCC:
Subject: Mentoring new employee

I hope you are well.

SAM

I am writing to ask if we could meet thisweek. Ms. Tanaka has asked me to talk toyou about mentoring the new employee.
I am free tomorrow afternoon and all dayFriday.
Thanks for your help.
Kind regards,[Your Name]

About thirty minutes later, you receive a reply from Julie Morris:
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To: [Your Name]
CC:
Subject: Re: Mentoring new employee
Dear [Your Name],

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Thank you for your email and a big congratulations on your promotion!
I am busy tomorrow, but can see you onFriday. How about 10 in the morning? I
can meet you in my office.

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Sincerely,
Julie Morris,
Assistant Human Resources Manager

SAYou write and send a reply:
To: Julie MorrisCC:
Subject: Re: Mentoring new employee
Dear Julie,
Thanks. That’s great. See you on Friday.
Kind regards,[Your Name]10

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It is Friday. You are sitting in Julie
Morris’s office. She makes you a cupof coffee.

PLE“Congratulations on your promotion! So, how can I help you today?”Julie asks.

SAM“Ms. Tanaka has asked me to mentor
the new employee,” you say to Julie.
“Could you tell me what happeneda few years ago with Mr. Ogawa?”“Oh, Ms. Tanaka told you aboutthat?” Julie looks surprised. “It was abig problem,” Julie begins her story.

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2.1 Not Introducing MariSAMPLE“The new employee was..., let’s callher Mari. It was her first job after
graduating university,” Julie explains. “We asked Mr. Ogawa to be
responsible for her. On her first day
at ABC Convenience Stores, I met
her at the reception area. It was a
Monday morning. I took her to theproduct marketing department. I
Introduced Mari to Mr. Ogawa. Iasked Mr. Ogawa to introduce Marito all of her colleagues. I also asked
him to show her around the office.”“That’s great,” you say. “Ms. Tanaka
did the same for me when I startedhere.”

12“Yes, but Mr. Ogawa didn’t do it,”

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4. Language Focus and Tasks
4.1 Vocabulary #1
Read the following sentences. Whatdo you think the words in bold mean?

PLE

1. We are going to promote you to Mr.
Ogawa’s position.
__________________________________________________________________________________________SAM

2. Congratulations on your promotion!
__________________________________________________________________________________________
3. I’d like you to mentor the new employee.
__________________________________________________________________________________________

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4.2 Vocabulary #2

PLE

Read the definitions to the words in
Task 4.1. Did you guess the meaningsof the words correctly?
Promote / Promotion: (Verb / Noun) To give someone
a better position at a companye.g. to move from assistant manager to manager / getting a more
important job in a company.
(Exclamation) A phrase you
say to someone who has goodnews to show that you are happy for them e.g. a promotion,
passing a test, getting married.

SAM

Congratulations!:

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Mentor:(Verb / Noun) To give somebody help, advice, and training
at a company / Somebody who
helps, gives advice, and trains
another person at a company.

Quit:(Verb) To stop doing something / To leave a company.

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4.3 Useful Language:
1. Saying ‘Congratulations’- Congratulations on your promotion!

PLE- Well done on your promotion!
2. Introducing a new employee to his / hercolleagues- I’d like you to meet [NEW EMPLOYEE]. He/
she just joined us today.

M- This is [NAME], he/she looks after product marketing.

SA

3. Paying for somebody’s lunch.
- Don’t worry! I’ve got this!
- This is on me.
- I’ll get this.

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4.4 Reflection Questions

PLE

1. What mistakes did Mr. Ogawa makewhen mentoring Mari?
2. Why was the mentoring of Danilo
Santos successful?

SAM

3. Talk to a friend. What other things
could happen to make mentoring a
new employee unsuccessful?
4. Talk to a friend. What other things
could you do to make mentoring a
new employee successful?

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Pocket Readers - Business Series------------------------------------------------------2018年5月1日 初版発行

著者： アンディ・ブーン

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発行者：ハリディ・ダーレン

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