Are you being mentored or are you a mentor?

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John Rice Sustainment Engineer| Lockheed Martin Harmony, Fl, United States

Personal growth is very more important for professional success. In the US Army, one of the character traits of a good NCO is to know oneself and seek self improvement. Sadly, many people do not recognize their full potential until a coach/ mentor identifies and enhances their abilities. Example are the great athletes; MJ, Tiger, Montana they were greats, but not without a coach improving their strengths and minimizing their weaknesses. The coach/mentor will never be better in performance, their real joy is success of their prodigies.

As Project Managers, there is real value in being a coach/mentor, the rewards do not have a dollar sign to it, but fulfills the need to be part of something bigger than yourself. I guarantee Pat Summitt as great as she is still has a mentor in terms of a confidant. You can not coach what you are not exposed to yourself.

What say you?

Posted: Mar 15, 2017 10:20 AM

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John Rice Sustainment Engineer| Lockheed Martin Harmony, Fl, United States

Mar 20, 2017 12:39 PM

Replying to Julia Cunningham

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Interesting. I grew up in Florida around some of the "hot" springs where the manatees spend the winter and never really correlated mentee with manatee. Gentle,slow and inquisitive creatures though.

Julia,
I know right... I too grew up in Florida and the correlation can apply and as Stéphane said the qualities are useful.

Posted: Mar 20, 2017 10:48 PM

John Rice Sustainment Engineer| Lockheed Martin Harmony, Fl, United States

Under the topics of mentoring

My sister has two boys who at young ages asked if who she loved more. Mind you, the oldest was conservatively insightful and the younger very outgoing. She told them that she loved the same, but because they were different personalities she loved them differently to meet their needs.
That is how I see the mentor and the protége relationship.

Posted: Mar 20, 2017 10:56 PM (Updated by author: Mar 21, 2017 3:23 AM)

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