How do you create the most sustainable mentor-mentee relationship?

12/02/2015 09:41PM | 6367 views

Mentoring is about sharing experiences, hardships overcome and knowledge gained to help others best use their innate skills to grow and advance organically. It should represent your most valuable insights and wisdom to help your mentee leap ahead authentically. The mentor-mentee relationship cannot be sustained when it is being mismanaged – for example, when the focus is on making the mentee more like the mentor instead of strengthening the mentee’s own and unique potential. Mentoring gone wrong is common; it makes the relationship unsustainable – but the damage inflicted can last a lifetime.

1. Not everyone is qualified to be a mentor.

Having seniority or holding a position of authority doesn’t necessarily mean that you are qualified to be a mentor.

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2. Mentorship is a powerful tool when managed responsibly.

As a mentor, it’s never about you – it’s about your mentee.

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3. Make the relationship last forever.

A mentoring relationship is successful when it lasts forever.

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