Overview
Grow professionally and personally through a mentoring partnership. Working together with another associate, you'll share experiences and gain insights that improve performance.
Mentors are individuals with advanced experience and knowledge who take a personal interest in helping the careers and advancement of their partners. Mentors provide their partners with personal support, ongoing feedback and role modeling.
There are two basic kinds of mentoring relationships:
Benefits
For partners Mentors offer partners:
- Greater insight into their career goals and opportunities
- Better understanding of career opportunities
- Additional perspective on development plans
- Mastery of personal and professional skills
- Insight into the organization and how to navigate it
- A trusted guide for information and advice without fear of repercussions
For mentors Both parties gain from a mentoring relationship. Mentors gain:
- Greater leadership and mentoring skills
- Better understanding of other functional areas and disciplines
- New skills and insights through shared experiences and activities
- The ability to transfer knowledge
- A sense of satisfaction and fulfillment
- Support from their protégés