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How many of you truly have mentors who support you in times of crisis, or walk alongside you to help prevent a crisis before it happens?

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Francisco Matheus Chagas
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Project & PMO Manager | Research & Enterprise Mentor| GFB Holding South America, Brazil

Mentorship is not about age; it is about knowledge, experiences, and the willingness to share and learn together. Everyone can benefit from having a mentor. Someone who walks alongside you, offering advice, recommendations, and constructive debates that help you grow faster.

What may have taken your mentor years to learn can become part of your journey much sooner. Do you have someone like this in your life?
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Lissette Indhira Pimentel Sosa
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Program Manager| HARPER SRL Santo Domingo / Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Yes, and over the years I’ve learned that mentorship doesn’t always come from one person. I’ve had different people I could reach out to depending on the situation, and sometimes one conversation with someone who has already faced something similar can change how you approach a problem.
Being a mentor myself has also made me appreciate that relationship from the other side. Sometimes what feels like simple advice to you can have a much bigger impact on someone else.
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Eduard Hernandez
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Corporate Project Manager - Tech Transfer| Neuraxpharm Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
Yes, I do, and over the years I've had mentors in different shapes and forms. For me, a good mentor can be worth more than a certificate, or even several hours of tuition.

In my first job, as a scientist in a lab, mentorship was essential. You can learn a lot by reading papers, and you should, but having a mentor taught me how the academic world actually works and helped me grow my network in the field. That same person opened the door for me to travel and live overseas through his connections in the United States. I wouldn't be where I am without him.

Later, mentorship took other forms. Today I look for environments where my functional manager is someone I can learn from. They don't have to be my formal mentor. As you become more senior, you're also expected to mentor others. But I always try to keep a sponge attitude: learning from people who have more knowledge, experience, and insight than I do.

For me, mentorship is crucial at work, but it matters just as much in every other facet of life.

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