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Can you be both a mentor and a mentee at the same time? Is mentoring a formal relationship, or does it evolve organically? What does great mentoring look like?
Susan Canfield, director of the MBA Mentor Program at the Foster School of Business, recently published Mentoring Moments (March 2009) to explore these questions. To get at the heart of meaningful mentorship, Susan delves into eight mentor/mentee relationships across divergent industries, company sizes and personalities.
Mentoring Moments not only examines the ways in which mentoring can be transformative for both mentor and mentee, it also serves as a map toward changing trends in the way mentoring happens. For example:
| Traditional view of mentoring |
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Evolving view of mentoring |
| You are either a mentor or a mentee |
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You are both at the same time |
A mentor must be more senior than
the mentee |
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A mentor is anyone from whom you
can learn |
The mentor structures and drives
the relationship |
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The mentee drives the relationship |
| Mentoring is a formal relationship |
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Mentoring is often organic and may
be based solely on observation |
Read an excerpt from Canfield's interview with mentor Sally Jewell, CEO of REI.
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KPLU’s Bellamy Pailthorp recently interviewed Susan Canfield about Mentoring Moments. Listen to the interview.
For more information contact Susan Canfield at susancan@uw.edu or 206-616-8609.