PART ONECONSIDERING CONTEXT
Context influences how we perceive reality, what we see as possible and achievable. From it, we draw our identity and formulate our thinking and attitudes.1 All mentoring relationships are grounded in context: the circumstances, conditions, and contributing forces that affect how we connect, interact with, and learn from one another. Context plays a critical role,2 yet our contexts are multilayered: We never operate in just one context.
Shawn lived in five different countries when he was growing up. His parents were in the military and as a child, he was disciplined, self‐directed, and never questioned authority. This worked to his competitive advantage while he was in engineering school. Once he started working, ...
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