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Concluding Thoughts
Mentoring is an important strategy for enhancing specific areas of growth that are not yet required but that
are likely to support future success in a mentee’s career or personal life. In this overview module the basic
principles, issues, processes, skills, and contexts of mentoring have been identified and described. It is
clear that the metacognitive insights gained during mentoring and by using many processes and tools will
substantially improve transfer of learning both for the mentor and the mentee. Mentors benefit from servant-
leadership experiences that can add meaning and purpose to their lives as experienced professionals. For
mentees, the process opens a window to their futures by making it possible to experience growth that may
not have happened had they been left to their own devices. Mentoring is an essential process, especially
in the fast-changing world of higher education.
References
Fritts, P. J. (1998).
The new managerial mentor: Becoming a learning leader to build communities of
purpose.
Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black.
Holliday, M. (2001).
Coaching, mentoring, & managing (2nd ed.)
. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press.