Mentoring is a very popular term today with a number of definitions and formats. Mentoring allows us to benefit from the skills and experiences of others as we identify our own strengths and areas of potential growth. The practice is important not only in corporations but for churches and not for profit organizations as well. Several of types of mentoring are suggested in a blog from the Harvard Business Review, and I have added one more. 1. Buddy or peer mentoring is much like an “apprenticeship” that helps a person “learn the ropes” in a new setting. Formal peer mentoring helps a new person to mesh into an organization, but much of this type of orientation and assimilation takes place informally. In a ministerial setting, we often find this type of mentoring with fellow students in seminary, other staff members, or in lunch or coffee groups with ministers in the community. Although this may be done informally, the process is very im...
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