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The Mentoring Relationship
What each party owes the other, what makes it survivable for the senior person, and how it ends without either party losing something.
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When the Relationship Should End
Most mentoring relationships outlast their usefulness by several years. Ending one well is a skill, and the failure to do it costs both parties more than the relationship was still returning.
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02
Being Mentored Well
The junior party controls most of what determines whether the relationship produces anything, and almost nobody tells them so. Four things that are entirely within their control.
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What Each Party Owes
Most mentoring relationships dissolve from unstated expectations rather than from anybody behaving badly. Four obligations on each side, worth naming in the first conversation.