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Bell, Chip R. – Training and Development, 2000
It takes a special kind of mentor to establish a work environment in which people are ready and able to withstand changes, such as downsizing and reorganization. Mentoring is a learning partnership, and the mentor's main gifts are learning, advice, feedback, focus, and support. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Mentors, Organizational Change
Bell, Chip R. – Training and Development, 1997
In a learning organization, growth, learning, improvement, and everlasting experimentation are woven into its culture and employees not in a perpetual state of change will be unable to cope. Mentors can assist by finding a teachable moment, providing support without rescuing, and demonstrating authenticity, not perfection. JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Employer Employee Relationship, Individual Development, Mentors
