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Freud – Jean-Martin Charcot Mead – Franz Boaz Woolf – Vita Sackville-West Mozart – Franz Joseph Hayden Marshall – General Pershing Roosevelt – Marie Souvreste.
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Freud – Jean-Martin Charcot Mead – Franz Boaz Woolf – Vita Sackville-West Mozart – Franz Joseph Hayden Marshall – General Pershing Roosevelt – Marie Souvreste “Core relationship between a young individual who has been designated to pursue some kind of craft or trade and an adult member of the society who has for some years been practicing in this domain…” – Howard Gardner, Extraordinary Minds p 27 Mentor and Apprentice
Concepts • Mentor - Latin, from Greek Mentōr (1616 ) • 1: inspired by the character of Mentor in Homer's Odyssey:a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus • 2 a: a trusted counselor or guide • Apprenticeship -Formal instruction in a precise curriculum can be done by a 3rd party or self imposed
A good mentor… • is someone absolutely credible • tells you things that you may not want to hear • makes you want to become better • makes you feel secure enough to take risks • gives you the confidence • supports your attempts to set stretch goals • presents opportunities and highlights challenges
What can you do? Find a mentor. Someone who: • Listens and responds in ways that show understanding • Encourages and gives the protégé confidence • Gives honest feedback • Encourages the protégé to do better and to take risks. • Shares ideas, presents opportunities and gives challenges • Learns from the protégé’s questions and experiences. The best mentoring is two way in which people with different experiences and places in life learn from one another Be a mentor.
Bibliography • Slide 3: • Leading Minds, Howard Gardner, p 27 • Slide 4: • http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/hbr/articles/article.jsp;jsessionid=CNZDVHUUMJVBEAKRGWDSELQBKE0YIISW?ml_subscriber=false&articleID=R0801H&referer=/hbsp/hbr/articles/article.jsp&reason=unknown&productId=R0801H&ml_action=get-sidebar&ml_context=sidebar&ml_id=R0801H&ml_sidebar_id=1 • http://hrmanager.squarespace.com/journal/2008/4/25/what-makes-a-mentor.html • http://synergisticleadership.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/what-makes-a-good-mentor/ • Slide 5: • http://synergisticleadership.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/what-makes-a-good-mentor/