The Six Functions of a Mentor 1) Mentoring is…

The Six Functions of a Mentor 1) Mentoring is about asking questions, not about giving answers. 2) Successful mentoring is a dialogue in which both parties learn something essential. 3) Mentoring requires both parties to commence their work together as apprentices in the Zen sense of having "beginner's minds." 4) Mentorship employs any of three modes for this mutual learning: a. First, the path of Data Information Knowledge→ Wisdom b. Second the path of Seeking Journeying Listening→ Exchanging Integrating c. Third, the path of Breaking Away/Differentiating→ Pausing/Listening/Learning Integrating 5) Mentorship requires that both parties begin by agreeing on how it will end. 6) Finally, for a successful mentoring relationship, each party to it must be able to answer with an open heart and mind the following questions.

— from The Flight Plan (Purpose/Wisdom/Risk) · Family Wealth: Keeping It In the Family: How Family Members and Their Advisers Preserve Hu

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