Beyond the Myths and Magic of Mentoring: How to Facilitate an Effective Mentoring Process, New and Revised Edition

Chapter Six

Mentoring Models and Applications

In Part One, you read about the many benefits and the most likely problems for organizations, for mentors, and for protégés when the mentoring process is facilitated. To realize fully the beneficial results of facilitating the mentoring process, it is important to implement a process designed to function successfully and to avoid problems. Preventive actions and remedies for pitfalls can help guarantee a smooth, successful process most of the time. Figure 6.1 illustrates a generic implementation flow that contains the major components of a good mentoring process.

Looking at this linear flow may mislead one to believe that this is how the process works. The way the process actually operates is illustrated ...