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What’sinitforthementor?
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What’s in it for the mentor?
articles presented byexperts whohelped forge today’sformal mentoring programs
Synopsis
RatingAll right, let's be honest: most of the time the main focus is on the benefits to the protégés in amentoring program, on selling the relationship to the junior person, or convincing programchampions that it's a great idea. And it is.Until author, Geogiann McKenna spent hours in her "people laboratory" calculating the numbers,interviewing partners, and reading the results, it was pretty well a blank slate as to what mentorsgot out of the deal.McKenna's subjects reported dozens of reasons for taking the time to be unpaid mentors. Somereasons may be surprising. Where some of the reasons ended – top or 
 
 bottom of The ratings list may also surprise you.We've always said:
The protégés of today are the mentors of tomorrow
.Protégés benefit now and they benefit tomorrow as mentors. It should bea never-ending cycle. Think of the relationship as a set of giant blocks onwhich society builds a secure foundation. We learn much about peopleif we take a look at life from another's perspective -- the mentor's insteadof just the protégé's.We encourage you to read this version of her study. We decided to abbreviate and adapt it for  purposes of contemporary Internet reading. In our opinion, it's lost nothing by being adapted andis well worth the time as one of the best studies in the field – and we've read literally thousands of 
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What’s in it for the mentor?
them over several decades. When you're done, let us know your reaction.A more extensive version of Georgiann McKenna's article including the Interview Schedule andMentor Survey appeared in our journal
Mentoring International 
(1990) Volume 4, No 1, 2-10.
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