How to Unlock the Benefits of Being a Mentor in Modern Organizations
Mentoring relationships were once clear and easy to recognize. Organizations offered formal mentoring programs where a senior employee guided a junior colleague over time, providing career advice, coaching, and support. Because these relationships were visible and sustained, mentors were widely recognized for their role and benefited when protégés reciprocated their mentoring through advocacy, information sharing, and support, which in turn enhanced mentors’ learning and satisfaction. Today,...