Chapter Two

Mentoring at Work in Organizations

A list of those who publicly acknowledge the value of their mentoring relationships resembles a Who's Who of the professions, business, sports, arts, and social activism. The comments here on the interaction of selected notable pairs illustrate the deep and continuing impact of mentoring relationships in many environments. Some of these pairings obviously just happened. Other connections were apparently initiated through work or professional proximity. In the past few years an increasing percentage of these relationships are planned, deliberate, facilitated, to support organization and individual participant goals and needs. Still, it is interesting that even when the mentor and protégé work in the ...

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