Welcome to "Being a Great Mentor or Mentee." An important part of developing an effective mentoring relationship is being intentional about what you're doing. This six-part series of video lessons will help mentors and mentees be active participants in the mentoring process and understand what drives a good partnership, as well as make the time spent together as productive as possible. "Tips for More Productive Mentoring" is the last of six video lessons in our video course "How to Be a Great Mentor or Mentee." In this lesson, we will explore some of the reasons mentoring fails, provide tips for preventing such failure, and gain advice on how to get the most out of the process.