10 Steps to Successful Mentoring

Foreword

I had just finished a presentation to a large group of high potential employees and their leaders and was waiting in the lobby of the hotel for my ride to the airport. I watched as two gentlemen from the group briskly walked over to one another and exchanged a big, warm bear hug. I was intrigued since the group was quite formal and I walked over to them and asked how they knew one another. They said, almost in unison, that they were mentor and mentee. Always curious, I asked the mentee what made his mentor so great….he said, without skipping a beat, “he was authentic.” Then I asked the mentor what made his mentee so special and he said (also without skipping a beat) “he was hungry.” I never forgot those two words, because I think they ...