"BENEFITS FOR THE MENTOR" "The mentor also benefits from the mentoring program. For many mentors the chance to help another, to shape the values and outlook of those who they mentor is reward enough. Even if the mentee ultimately disagrees with the mentor and takes another path, the mentor has had a rewarding time helping, influencing and caring about another person. "Mentoring can have practical benefits in organizations, especially where the mentor is helping the mentee learn a role or a job. The mentor may find that the mentee is able to accomplish tasks more successfully after mentoring. This can flow up the organization to ultimately make the mentors job easier. "The mentor is often rewarded by having their own perspectives examined. They grow in their personal insight and wisdom and are sometimes forced to articulate that which they would never have otherwise appreciated. The mentor comes to greater self-understanding as they stand alongside another person.They are in a position where they can appreciate their own wisdom! "In fact, the position of being mentor is a great boost to lagging self-esteem. Sometimes mentors do not realize that they have anything to offer. A young person in he senior years at school is full of apprehension about the world they will soon enter. They may think that they have nothing to offer but – in taking up a role as a mentor – soon realize that they have a LOT to offer those who need their wisdom about getting to the senior year at school! "The mentor can also appreciate the same psychological benefits as the mentee in simply having a connection with someone else. While the mentee and mentor are not friends, and the mentor does not usually drive the relationship, the mentor knows they are important to someone else (at least for a time in a certain situation) and this is a rewarding psychological thing." from:
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:12:40 +0000
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