Qualities of a successful advisor-advisee relationship
Qualities of success in a positive advisor-advisee relationship
- Belief in the organization
- Enthusiasm for the group
- Motivation (positive)
- Open communication
- Clear cut vision
Qualities of a successful advisor
- Tactfully providing suggestions, feedback, and evaluations
- Belief in the organization, its goals, history, and constitution
- Enthusiasm, motivation, communication
- Active resource person while still knowing limits
- Creativity
- Knowledge of the organization’s successes and failures
- Providing stability to the group
- Ability to establish rapport
- Knowing limits of rescuing the group or program
- Knowing group process and leadership theory
- Commitment and desidesire
So how do we go about becoming these great advisors? First we must begin with ourselves by understanding our own advising styles and advising functions. This step should be completed before a relationship with the organization begins.