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What is Mentoring?

Mentorship refers to a developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps a less experienced or less knowledgeable person—who can be referred to as a protege, or apprentice — to develop in a specified capacity.
The word MENTORING comes –from the Greek word meaning enduring
It is defined as a sustained relationship between a youth and an adult. Through continued involvement, the adult offers support, guidance, and assistance as the younger person goes through a difficult period, faces new challenges, or works to correct earlier problems. In particular, where parents are either unavailable or unable to provide responsible guidance for their children, mentors can play a critical role.

Why Mentoring?
Mentoring is arguably the most cost-effective developmental intervention an organization can introduce. It has a significant positive impact on the participants (both mentors and protégé), the organization, and key third parties such as protégé’ line managers.

Types of Mentoring

Natural mentoring: this occurs through friendship, collegiality, teaching, coaching, and counseling.
Planned mentoring occurs through structured programs in which mentors and participants are selected and matched through formal processes.

Benefits
Mentoring has many benefits for protégé, mentors and organizations including
For the mentee:

improved self-confidence and self esteem,
increased motivation,
broadening horizons and experience and
raised achievements and aspirations.

For the mentor:

immense satisfaction from helping another person grow
development of interpersonal and communication skills
increased self-awareness

For organisations:

development of staff skills
instilling a feel good factor in staff
positive publicity
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