Power Mentoring

CHAPTER SIX

UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF GREAT POWER MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS

I think mentors are important and I don’t think anybody makes it in the world without some form of mentorship. Nobody makes it alone. Nobody has made it alone. And we are all mentors to people even when we don’t know it.

—OPRAH WINFREY

 

 

 

Oprah Winfrey is an amazing person. She has built a career that not only has made her one of the richest people in the world, but according to Time magazine in 1998, in the opinion of many people, one of the most influential people of the 20th century.¹ Why do others consider her so influential? One might speculate that her ability to influence others comes from the respect people have for her actions. She is seen as strong, generous, ...