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by Rik Nemanick, Ph.D. This post is the eighth in the series The Mentor’s Way, a set of guides for mentors who want to bring out the best in others. We are all on our own journeys of discovery, learning, and growth. There were parts of your own journey where change was rapid and learning needed to come quickly. On other parts of the journey, you faced difficult choices that needed to be made. There were parts of your journey where you really needed the help and perspective of a mentor. As you worked your way through the difficult parts of your... Read More

by Rik Nemanick, Ph.D. I have been working in leadership development consulting for close to nineteen years. I spent years in graduate school earning degrees in organizational psychology so I could be a skilled professional. However, one of the lessons I learned not long after graduation was the same lesson countless accountants, lawyers, engineers, scientists, physicians, and others have learned: school doesn’t teach you what you need to know to be a professional. My graduate education gave me a lot of skills and knowledge that I use regularly in my consulting. But, very little time was devoted to being a psychologist working in... Read More

by Rik Nemanick, Ph.D. This post is the seventh in the series The Mentor’s Way, a set of guides for mentors who want to bring out the best in others. Up until now, many of the Rules of Mentoring have focused on building the relationship between the mentor and protégé and giving direction to the mentoring process. Mentors who have been following these rules have built trusting partnerships where they are able to both show empathy for a protégé and create accountability for progress. As you will see, these mentors are just getting started. In fact, it is by widening the mentoring... Read More