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The Mentee's Guide: Making Mentoring Work for You
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The Mentee's Guide: Making Mentoring Work for You

by Lory A. Fischler, Lois J. Zachary
July 2009
Beginner
169 pages
4h 13m
English
Jossey-Bass
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ACCOUNTABILITY ASSURANCES

Mutual accountability plays a key role in helping mentoring partners make the most of a mentoring relationship. It begins with a candid and open conversation to create shared understanding, shared commitment to action, and working agreements about some of the “softer” issues in a mentoring relationship. In this section, we focus on four specific areas: ground rules, confidentiality, boundary setting, and hot buttons. Whether you are engaged in informal or formal mentoring relationships, having ground rules, safeguarding confidentiality, and honoring boundaries are important accountability assurances.

Ground Rules

Ground rules are the norms or rules of the road to which mentoring partners agree in order to manage ...
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