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Many Ways To Mentor

In the past, mentoring has been a one-to-one process, most often informal and unstructured. Contemporary mentoring takes many forms and though informal mentoring often occurs naturally and spontaneously, more structured approaches are emerging. Ways of mentoring include:

• Informal – conversations that happen by chance or by arrangement
• Formal – relationships in a structured program
• Peer mentoring - two colleagues mentor each other
• Reverse-mentoring - executives mentored by non-executives
• Cascading mentoring – each level of an organization mentor those below
• Group mentoring - one mentor meets with several mentorees
• Mentoring round-tables - peers interact in a group mentoring conversation
• Mentoring circles - facilitated group, each person mentors one person and is mentored by another
• Mastermind mentoring and business coaching - experts coach a novices