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Recruit Mentors
A Secret
Mentors generally volunteer for their role for all the right reasons. Many high achieving professionals like to "give something back". Contributing to the development of others through mentoring is an honoured tradition. Yet, there is a well-kept secret about mentoring that may come as a shock to some or be no surprise at all for others when they discover it.
Beyond Professional Development
Certainly, mentoring calls upon interpersonal skills and communication styles that are highly valued in today's leaders. Mentoring a professional colleague can be stimulating and energising. It challenges you to reflect and discuss new perspectives and ideas. So mentoring offers an opportunity for mentors to develop attributes that will benefit them professionally. However, I believe that mentors can gain as much, if not more than those that are mentored, from the relationship and the reward is much greater than personal satisfaction or a career advantage.
More Advantageous Than Leverage And Status
Mentoring brings with it a certain status and respect. Mentors are recognised as wise men and women, with knowledge and experience worth sharing. Whether they know it or not, choose to use it or not, mentors are mavens who have influence, link into networks and can leverage knowledge. This, however, is not the secret that enriches the lives of those who mentor or are mentored.
"I read your latest article "Mentoring and Mid-life Renaissance" which was excellent. You obviously spent a lot of time thinking about the issues and what you've written is very true. The sentence - "When mentors are trained to assist someone else capture and create their aspirations, they are perfectly primed to explore their own" - certainly rang true for me. I would like to thank you not only for the mentoring training, but for the encouragement and validation that my skills can be translated into developing and contributing to the success of others."
Karen McRae - Graduate Development Program Coordinator
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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