The value of MENTORING

摘要

What is a mentor? The Macquarie dictionary definition is 'a wise and trusted counsellor'. A mentor is someone with more experience, often older (although not always), who helps and guides another individual's development. This may be to help do a job more effectively develop a specific skill and/or progress in their career - often without any personal gain for the mentor. Scientists often retrospectively recognise they were mentored throughout their career; they just describe mentors and mentoring by other names.