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Mentoring, by definition, is the act of assisting and guiding those less experienced and often younger, in a professional or academic setting. In reality, it is that and much more. A mutually beneficial experience for both mentor and mentee.
January is National Mentoring Month, a time to reflect on the importance of the mentoring experience and a time to acknowledge the mentors in your professional and academic life.
Types of Mentoring
Traditional One-on-One: A senior employee guides a junior one, often outside the direct reporting line, focusing on big-picture career paths and day-to-day office dynamics.
Informal Mentoring: Organic relationships that develop naturally, offering flexible support.
Key Benefits
For Mentees: Skill development, career guidance, increased confidence, better networking, easier cultural adjustment, and feeling less isolated.
For Mentors: Expanding skills, leadership practice, deeper understanding of the organization, and satisfaction from helping others.
Why Mentor?
[Mentored] youth who experienced adversity while growing up were more than twice as likely to volunteer in their community and hold a leadership position in a club or sports team.
74% of those who had a meaningful mentor say that person contributed significantly to their later success in life.
85% of young people with a mentor say this key relationship has helped them with issues related to school and their education.
58% percent of young people say their mentor has supported their mental health.
60% of those under 40 years old are still drawing advice from their childhood mentors.
This National Mentoring Month, take time to recognize the mentors who shaped your journey and consider becoming one yourself. Your experience, guidance, and support could make a lasting difference in someone’s life.