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Mentoring: A Development Advantage

               The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.

JOHN C. MAXWELL

Do you have a professional mentor? If so, how has your mentor helped you with your career? Those of us who have been fortunate enough to have a mentor know how valuable the relationship is and the advantages that it has offered us. Before we continue, however, let’s define mentoring. Wikipedia offers the following:

       Mentorship is a personal developmental relationship in ...

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