Mentoring


The mentoring partnership is an agreement between two people sharing experiences and expertise to help with personal and professional growth.

To use a mentor, you should be:
• Willing to learn
• Able to accept feedback
• Willing to stretch - to try new things and take risks
• Able to identify goals

Mentor
In ancient Greek mythology, Mentor was the teacher and guide of Telemachus, son of Odysseus. (The teacher, Mentor, was actually Athena, the goddess of Wisdom in disguise.)

Mentoring can either be a formal, systematic, long-term relationship between a protégé and a mentor, or it can be an informal, temporary relationship which links the protégé with a mentor in a specific area of expertise for a specific project.

Remember: "Give a man a fish, and the man will eat for a day.
Teach that man to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime." (Confucius)