Purpose of the agreement
The Purpose of this Agreement is to enter a mentoring relationship between the Mentor and the Client, where the Mentor will train the Client and cultivate his/her personal, professional and/or business goals.
The Mentor will also create a plan to carry out the goals mentioned in this Agreement to maximise the Client’s personal and/or professional potential.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE MENTOR TOWARDS THE CLIENT
- To provide guidance, motivation, emotional support, and role modeling.
- Exploring ideas, setting goals, developing contacts, and identifying resources.
- Implementation of digital platforms for measuring and tracking progress. Systems, processes, and policies.
- To provide constant feedback, share advice, and give insights into our specific industry.
- To help you develop professional and personal skills.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE CLIENT TOWARDS THE MENTOR
- Takes the initiative to schedule meetings, provide information, and create action plans for their short and long-term goal and to show proactiveness.
- Keeps a flow of communication. Ask open-ended questions, follow up frequently, and consistently communicate updates to their mentor.
- Absorb the knowledge, and continue your learning outside the mentorship program.
- Eagerness to learn.
- Actively listen, respect one another’s time, give and receive feedback.
CONFIDENTIALITY
All terms and conditions of this Agreement and any materials provided during the term of the Agreement must be kept confidential by the Client, unless the disclosure is required pursuant to process of law.
Disclosing or using this information for any purpose beyond the scope of this Agreement, or beyond the exceptions set forth above, is expressly forbidden without the prior consent of the Mentor.
CANCELLATION POLICY
The Client agrees that it is his/her responsibility to notify the Mentor of the exact number of hours prior to engaging in the scheduled calls and/or meetings.
The Mentor reserves the right to bill the Client for a missed meeting.
The Mentor will attempt in good faith to reschedule the missed meeting.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Hereby, the Client agrees that any intellectual property provided to him/her by the Mentor will
remain the sole property of the Mentor, including, but not limited to, copyrights, patents, trade secret rights, and other intellectual property rights associated with any ideas, concepts, techniques, inventions, processes, works of authorship, confidential information, or trade secrets.
The Mentor will also protect the IP rights of the client and will keep any disclosed information confidential.
EXCLUSIVITY
The Parties agree that this Agreement is not an exclusive arrangement and that the Mentor is
entitled to enter into other similar agreements with other clients.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
In no event shall the Mentor be liable for any damages for any indirect, consequential or special damages.
The Mentor, hereby, makes no guarantees, representations or warranties of any kind or nature, express or implied, with respect to the mentoring services negotiated, agreed upon and rendered.
SEVERABILITY
In the event that any provision of this Agreement is found to be void and unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the remaining provisions will remain in force in accordance with the Parties’ intention.
GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Victoria, Australia.
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Any dispute or difference whatsoever arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be submitted to arbitration/mediation/negotiation (circle one) in accordance with, and subject
to the laws of Victoria, Australia.
LEGAL FEES
In the event of any dispute between the Parties concerning the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the party prevailing in such dispute shall be entitled to collect from the other party all costs incurred in such dispute, including reasonable legal fees.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding among the Parties hereto
with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings,
inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof. The express terms hereof control and supersede any course of performance and/or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof.
AMENDMENTS
The Parties agree that any amendments made to this Agreement must be in writing, where they must be signed by both Parties to this Agreement.
As such, any amendments made by the Parties will be applied to this Agreement.