Mentoring

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What this means…

A mentor is someone who has long experience in areas within which the mentee is seeking support and guidance.

A mentor can listen thoughtfully and reflect deeply with another person without believing it is important that they supply the answers.

They are sometimes been appointed, sometimes sought out and sometimes found by those working among the complexities of the modern organisation.

Few people could expect to get by, let alone get on, in modern organisational life without some form of detached and thoughtful assistance.

Learning to reflect upon practice is one of the critical features of successful practice in any field.

Organisations have developmental phases and as organisational development moves into the more radical areas of organisational transformation, mentoring will take on a more significant and vital role in the success of the whole enterprise, rather than be something set aside for the chosen few.

The Developmental Alliance from Oasis Press covers this area in more detail.