Servant Mentorship

I am pleased to share my latest post to The SHRM Blog.

Almost everyone recognizes how important mentoring is. I don't know anyone who is successful who did not have at least one good mentor. I know I am grateful for mine.

Similarly, I don't know any good leaders who don't mentor to some degree. It is more than a mark of a good leader; the mentoring makes the leader stronger by what he or she learns from the mentee.

Of course, people define mentoring differently. It should be more than showing someone the ropes or sharing inside baseball.

A good mentor should have a vested interest in helping his or her mentee succeed. Yes, I recognize that this definition begins to bleed into sponsorship as many define it.