The concept of phases should be primarily interpreted as the continual personal and professional development of mentees as they move through the extended timeframe of mentor-mentee dialogues and activities.
In applying the idea of phases to the mentoring context, the central assumption is that as their relationship matures, the potential for the mentor to engage the mentee in more complex mutual interaction will increase because the mentee has also personally responded constructively to the positive potential within the framework of the ongoing relationship.
New mentors should be aware that in attempting to function as practitioners of the complete mentor role, it is the mentees’ own readiness to participate at every stage that ...
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