Mentoring begins when a person strategically affects the professional life of someone else by fostering insight, identifying needed knowledge, and expanding the other person´s horizones.
(A Mentor´s Companion)
(A Mentor´s Companion)
Guiding principles of Mentor Success.
- People learn best through self-discovery. Help your mentee reflect on and learn from their experiences.
- You cannot mentor someone unless you understand the person. What is important to your mentee? What does he/she value
- In mentoring, askin a question is often the answer. You don´t have to have all the answers… help your mentee find her or his own answers by asking the right questions.
- Most signifikant learning occurs outside our comfort zone and we allow those we are comfortable with to push us beyond our zone. Support and then challenge.
- Mentoring is about growth, empowering and risk taking. The goal of every mentor is to act in such a way that the mentee is better able to do for him or her self.
From Perrone-Ambrose
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