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Chapter 9
How to Get More
from Your Mentors
by Jodi Glickman
A senior publishing executive at William Morris once
told me how baffl ed she was when an aspiring literary
agent asked her to be a mentor. She looked at me and
said, “She’s got to make me want to be her mentor. Isn’t
she supposed to do something for me?” The answer is a
defi nitive yes.
Mentors can provide valuable insight into your or-
ganization, inside information about the politics of the
place, and useful over-the-shoulder advice about which
people to work with and which ones to avoid. But to get
all that and more, you’ve got to fi gure out how to repay
the favor and make the relationship ...