Skip to Content
HBR Guide to Getting the Mentoring You Need (HBR Guide Series)
book

HBR Guide to Getting the Mentoring You Need (HBR Guide Series)

by Harvard Business Review
December 2013
Beginner
176 pages
2h 44m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
Content preview from HBR Guide to Getting the Mentoring You Need (HBR Guide Series)

Chapter 2

Mentoring in All Its Shapes and Sizes

by Amy Gallo

When you think of mentoring, do you envision a sage executive counseling a junior upstart for years and years? It doesn’t usually work that way anymore. Over the past few decades, mentoring has evolved into guidance and support from all kinds of sources—yet our collective thinking about it hasn’t changed with the times. Here’s a roundup of four dated but persistent myths you’ll need to push past to grow and advance in your career.

Myth #1: You have to find one perfect mentor

It’s actually rare to get through your career with only one mentor; most people today have several. So it makes sense that Boston University management professor Kathy Kram prefers the term developmental network: ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done (HBR Guide Series)

HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done (HBR Guide Series)

Harvard Business Review

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781422197493