Although this particular type of shared relationship—which offers more genuine one-toone involvement—usually provides the mentee with a significant opportunity for positive growth, there is also a higher potential for interpersonal friction. In fact, such a situation can occur because mentors gradually reveal themselves to be more human—more vulnerable—than mentees are sometimes prepared to accept, especially if the mentor represents an idealized figure of success.
Mentors who enter the world of self-disclosure may discover that some mentees are actually more comfortable viewing them through the lens of unrealistic rather than realistic expectations. For some mentees, the desire to believe that the mentor is in total control ...
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