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The UIF has designed three types of Mentoring Applications, one for each of the Three Systems: Open System Mentoring, Collaboration System Mentoring and Closed System Mentoring. Each of these Mentoring Applications can be used with each of the Three Mentoring Models: Natural, Planned and Structured.

UIF Open System Mentoring Application

By definition, Open System Mentoring is Protégé-driven. When employing UIF Protégé-driven Natural Mentoring, a Protégé’s ensemble of self-enriching Mentoring Resources extend to include a large scope of various available assets. Considering all these resources collectively, the Protégé’s MentorSphere becomes the supportive framework surrounding the Protégé. By engaging our means and methods, UIF’s intended goal is that each Protégé will realize the benefits of self activated Protégé-driven Natural Mentoring. Employing Protégé-driven Natural Mentoring each Protégé creates a self-cultivated mentoring environment. UIF defines a Protégé’s natural mentoring environment – each Protégé’s individual mentoring ecosphere - a MentorSphere. Just as UIF recognizes that the Protégé owns the mentoring process, UIF Protégé-driven Natural Mentoring identifies the Protégé as the leader of the MentorSphere with responsibility over all of the self-selected Mentoring Resources.