Traditional Form of Mentoring:
The traditional approach to mentoring is where an experienced manager guides and teaches a lower-ranking, less experienced protégé. The mentor focuses primarily on the protégé. The mentor and protégé work together to achieve the goals that the protégé wishes to get out of the mentoring experience. The mentor also includes any other topics or skills that he/she wishes the protégé to gain from the mentoring experience.
The few individuals who are natural-born mentors learned how to be effective and comfortable with advising others through personal development. Most people have to develop their skills of in order to effectively mentor individuals. Individuals who are going into a mentoring experience needs to know what it takes to get the most out of their experience. Protégés need to be receptive to different types of supervising styles in order to learn different skills to prepare for their future career.
Effective mentors have developed theirs mentoring skills in order to teach their protégés how to be effective employees within an organization. Protégés look up to their mentors and learn from the verbal and non-verbal lessons their mentor teaches them. Mentors should help their protégés connect with several individuals in order to get the support they need to access all the information they need to be successful.
The few individuals who are natural-born mentors learned how to be effective and comfortable with advising others through personal development. Most people have to develop their skills of in order to effectively mentor individuals. Individuals who are going into a mentoring experience needs to know what it takes to get the most out of their experience. Protégés need to be receptive to different types of supervising styles in order to learn different skills to prepare for their future career.
Effective mentors have developed theirs mentoring skills in order to teach their protégés how to be effective employees within an organization. Protégés look up to their mentors and learn from the verbal and non-verbal lessons their mentor teaches them. Mentors should help their protégés connect with several individuals in order to get the support they need to access all the information they need to be successful.
Nontraditional Forms of Mentoring:
Some of the nontraditional approaches to mentoring are peer-to-peer mentoring, mentoring pools, and network mentoring. In these nontraditional forms of mentoring, there are often a group of mentors and protégés and not just one mentor and one protégé working together. The nontraditional approaches to mentoring have both advantages and drawbacks but are also effective approaches to gain knowledge and experience.
The success of a mentoring experience is often attributed to a network of peers that the protégés can access for their guidance and knowledge. Peer mentoring is often successful because of the number of peer available for the experience compared to the availability of senior members of the organization. In order to the peer mentoring experience to be successful the individuals need to be open to both teach the skills they excel at and to learn skills from other peers. Developing a network of mentors is the key to accessing a more complete spectrum of career functions.
The success of a mentoring experience is often attributed to a network of peers that the protégés can access for their guidance and knowledge. Peer mentoring is often successful because of the number of peer available for the experience compared to the availability of senior members of the organization. In order to the peer mentoring experience to be successful the individuals need to be open to both teach the skills they excel at and to learn skills from other peers. Developing a network of mentors is the key to accessing a more complete spectrum of career functions.