Guide

A mentor guides, bears witness, and provides experienced, relevant assistance.

A good mentor shares learnings and perspectives, or even failures based on their own experience.  However, the mentor’s experience is not the answer: that must be reached separately through discussion, from within the mentee.

A mentoring relationship is finite, not ongoing and dependent.  The value of a good mentor, beyond knowledge transfer, is the ability to step in - and step away - at the right time.

The role of the mentor is to provide a robust space for experiential discussions, so that personal growth, confidence, and self-realisation can flourish.