Mentoring from Small Communications Book

In the Small Group Communications Book there is a section in CH. 4 that talks about mentoring and what a mentor is. A Mentor is described as a member of an organization who is usually older and more experienced. A person who is well respected and is a role model to the rest of the group. A person who is known to be less experienced is knows as a Protégé. These relationships between each other benefit organizations by getting things done faster as well as creating a positive and enjoyable working environment. The mentor and protégé but benefit from this relationship, gathering separate but equal information from one another. This relationship depends on a understanding of the roles and characteristics of each member. The mentoring process usually develops through four stages and they are Initiation, Cultivation, Separation, and Redefinition. In each of these stages important lessons are learned about the mentor/protégé relationship. With each stage progress is made and the protégé starts to learn the ropes and come out of the stage of learning and into the stage of teaching someone else, the cycle starts all over again.