Mentoring: Two Voices
A De Pree Center Monograph
Max De Pree and Walter C. Wright, Jr.
some excerpts
“Mentors guide personal development by formulating questions that trigger responsive thought, that bring the light of experience to the discussion and that encourage breadth rather than narrow focus. Mentors have the opportunity to move the interaction beyond job or career into family matters, other areas of service, areas of study not connected to career. We all ought to know something special — about the arts, about theology or philosophy, about other cultures. One very specific reason to broaden the horizons of our discussions is to remove the fear I have found in many leaders of the creative process and creative people. For organizations that depend on creating change through innovation, such fear is a serious threat. As mentor and mentoree move more deeply and intimately into a relationship of real trust and confidence, our personal 'uniquenesses' lead to an expansion of the ground we cover and a comfort with exploring new and unfamiliar territory.”
“Mentoring is above all a work of love, which at its best is a two-way exchange.”
“An important aspect of the mentor's responsibility is to be diligent in guiding discussion away from 'What shall I do?' and toward 'Who do I intend to be?' What we do in life will always be a consequence of who we are. The mentor and the mentoree have joined together in a process of becoming.”
 
 Monograph Inquiry: Mentoring: Two Voices
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