On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 17:05 -0700, Brandon Stout wrote: > I agree here mostly. Of course a good for the new employee to take > notes and especially if it's something he has a question on that has > been discussed before. It is up to the learner to do his best to > learn. However, there is a reason I prefer the term 'mentor' or 'coach' > to supervisor or Sr. Tech. A good mentor will not excuse himself by > saying that a mediocre person on his team is just mediocre, especially > if there are lots of 'mediocre' or poorly performing people on his > team. Quality mentoring means asking yourself what you can do to drive > everyone's success up, not just those that do best on their own. The > learner takes takes responsibility to learn, and the mentor takes > responsibility to make sure they learn. Good coaches will show their > quality by having a whole team of high performers. In the case that > there's a real flake on the team, the best coaches will often still make > a difference, but when they can't, they'll still shine because all the > rest of the team is doing well, and the coach or mentor will still be > looking for ways to make the one low performer do better, never excusing > his own role. That is quality mentoring.
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