The forgotten art of Mentoring
summary
Claims mentoring is a forgotten silver bullet and must be intentional and long term not just one-off content; defines a mentor as someone who guides a mentee’s growth (not a coach, boss or teacher) and lists five mentor types: advisor, listener, connector, cheerleader, challenger. Concrete examples include a mentee who built a Unity3D side project then ran a one-day Unity3D workshop and later took over monthly company workshops. Practical exercises: name your mentors/mentees in one-minute drills. Roadblocks: time, insecurity, lack of one‑to‑one training.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:20Why mentoring matters today
- 2:45Famous mentors in pop culture
- 6:00Real-life mentors and their impact
- 9:11Defining mentoring clearly
- 13:05Mentoring vs. other roles
- 14:52Benefits for mentees
- 18:40Benefits for mentors
- 22:50Why mentoring is rare today
- 25:42Common barriers to mentoring
- 27:46Five types of mentors
- 30:56First exercise: Identify your mentors
- 32:30Finding the right mentee
- 35:22Second exercise: Who could you mentor?
- 36:49Choosing the right mentor
- 39:19Summary and call to action
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