Chapter 4
What do good mentors do well?
Experience is not what happens to you; itâs what you do with what happens to you.
Aldous Huxley, author
In this chapter:
- Learn the common tendencies or abilities of great mentors.
- Compare your own tendencies in relation to these, e.g. âDo I do this?â
- Accelerate your development as a mentor by deciding what ability you want to focus on.
What does it take to be a mentor?
In this chapter, we will look at common tendencies of great mentors, abilities they have that result in successful mentoring relationships. By using the word âtendenciesâ, I mean things that they typically do during an active mentor relationship. So these are less âskillsâ in the usual sense of the term, such ...
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