Mentoring and How It Can Help

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The paper focuses on two articles regarding the importance of mentoring, titled "Mentoring: Its Time Has Come - Again" by Dan Pinnington and "The Importance of Mentoring" by Wendy L. Werner. The paper compares these articles to the text "Career Management" by Greenhaus et al. with regards to mentor relationships. The paper highlights how vital it is that mentoring programs and relationships are implemented by organizations for the participants to achieve their career goals.

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"In the first article titled "Mentoring: Its Time Has Come - Again", Dan Pinnington defines mentoring, explains the new style of mentoring, and provides some common myths of mentoring. Although many people and organizations will give diverse meanings of mentoring, the most universal definition is "the passing on of skills, knowledge, and wisdom from one person to another." (Pinnington) There are two types of mentoring, one being informal or unstructured and the other being procedure-based. Pinnington suggests that the structure is not all that important, but what is important is the knowledge acquired while mentoring. When knowledge is passed on, life lessons are also imparted that would usually not be learned through schooling or books."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Callanan A., Gerard, Godshalk M., Veronica & Greenhaus H., Jeffrey (2008) Career Management (3rd Edition) Mason, OH : Thomson South-Western Corporation
• Pinnington, Dan (2004). Mentoring: Its Time Has Come--Again. Retrieved April 7th, 2009 from http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/mgt08041.html
• Werner L., Wendy (2004). The Importance of Mentoring. Retrieved April 7th, 2009 from http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/mgt07041.html

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