Mentoring
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Megginson et al (1995, p 13) define mentoring as "off-line help by one person to another in making significant transitions in knowledge work or thinking". In this they suggest it "is not normally the job of a line manager and is often a more senior or experienced person than the learner (but peer mentoring is also known to work well) … The mentor has a role to help the learner grasp the wider significance of whatever is happening, where at first it might appear trfling or insignificant".
While many argue there are similarities to coaching, we define it here as different to coaching. The mentor often 'telling' their mentee to guide them whereas a good Coach uses questioning technique and facilitates development by 'allowing' the individual to develop self-awareness and new learning which can enable an individual to learn to take responsibility for their continuous professional development (CPD).
