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3 principles to building — and keeping — a great relationship with a mentor

Ideas.Ted

I’ve had more mentors than anyone I know. Without a father in my life, I grew up hungry for advice — which gave me a reason to make my relationships with mentors more personal and more meaningful than the average mentor-mentee relationship. Mentors tend to be older than you and work with other older-than-you people.

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How To Find Your Mentor

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Whatever stage you are in your career, you need a mentor. A mentor brings out the best in you. You might be the king of experts in your company but you still need a mentor. You might be the king of experts in your company but you still need a mentor.

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From Executive Assistant to CEO

ProAssisting Blog

She has held many different positions throughout her 30 years working for the company but what is particularly interesting to us here at ProAssisting is how Ursula was mentored in the executive assistant position by her two different bosses. It made me reflect on how much coaching and mentoring I was giving to my own assistant.

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Top 5 Tips for Working With a Mentor

The Small Business Blog

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Forex Robot : Take Your Company Public In Less Than 10 Days? Top 5 Tips for Working With a Mentor by Stefan Töpfer on Jan 25, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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What Kind of Leader Are You: A Fixer, Fighter or Friend?

Success

That internal dialogue that each person generates while trying to sort out what they’re observing and how they feel about it, multiplied across the organization, is what creates the underlying dynamics of a company culture. And that’s not restricted to the obvious things like inventing a new product or renaming the company.

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Mentoring a Young Executive - Jodith Allen

Office Dynamics

We can monitor industry publications for items of importance, give feedback on personnel matters, monitor social media for company mentions, and update the department website. © Copyright Administrative Arts 2010. The days when Administrative and Executive Assistants just handle phones and filing are long gone.

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Mentoring a Young Executive - Jodith Allen

Office Dynamics

We can monitor industry publications for items of importance, give feedback on personnel matters, monitor social media for company mentions, and update the department website. © Copyright Administrative Arts 2010. The days when Administrative and Executive Assistants just handle phones and filing are long gone.

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