chapter 3
Five guiding principles for mentors
Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.
Oprah Winfrey
Where the on-going activity of mentoring someone incorporates uncertainty and challenge, we need effective principles to help guide and sustain us along the way. Some principles are obvious; for example, an effective mentor is committed to the ultimate success of the mentee. However, some principles are less obvious as they are derived from more subtle dilemmas caused by our unconscious preferences. The following principles are intended to guide and test your thinking as you mentor others; for example, ‘This has happened, what should I do?’ Some of these ideas will seem logical and like common sense, while others ask ...
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