May 2024
Beginner
208 pages
3h 8m
English
by Janice Omadeke
Mentorship and sponsorship are powerful tools for personal success and building stronger workforces. Although they are related to one another and share some similarities, they are not, as most people sometimes assume, the same thing. In reality, sponsorship can grow from a productive mentor-mentee relationship.
In a work setting, mentorship is a relationship between someone sharing knowledge and providing guidance (the mentor) and someone learning from that person’s experience and example (the mentee).
Most of the time, the mentor is older and the mentee is younger—perhaps new to the workforce—but mentorship can exist and thrive in any situation ...