Tips for Being a Great Mentor
• Mentoring is about establishing a partnership that helps your protégé learn. It is not about your being an expert or the authority.
• Great mentors foster discovery, they don’t instruct; thought-provoking questions are much more powerful than smart answers.
• Your protégé will learn more if you create a relationship that is safe and comfortable. Be authentic, open, and sincere.
• Your rank or position is your greatest liability—act more like a friend than a boss.
• Great listening comes from genuine curiosity and obvious attentiveness.
• Give feedback with a strong focus on the future, not a heavy rehash of the past.
• Mentoring is not just about what you say in a mentoring session; it is also about how you support ...
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