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People processes: Mentoring

People processes: Mentoring

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People processes: Mentoring

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- Many companies use mentors as part of their onboarding process, or to help level up more junior people on the team. This relationship has the potential to help both the mentor and the mentee develop skills that will make the team more collaborative and effective. As the mentor, you can improve your leadership and communication skills. As you work to listen carefully and share your knowledge in an empathetic way, you will grow your inner management abilities. As a mentee, you gain exposure to new ideas and ways of thinking. You get the chance to develop new skills, and receive guidance on how to grow your career. My very first mentor Dave was assigned to me during my high school internship. He helped me to understand what the process of developing software was really like. In school, we learned the basic concepts, but getting that hands-on experience made me realize that I could actually make a career of it. I remember one day, Dave needed a program written in Visual Basic. This was…

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