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Originally Posted by JVN
This definition of mentorship requires definition of the word "growth."
What changes need to take place in the mentee to fulfill your definition? What constitutes "growth" and how much of it is required to constitute successful mentorship?
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Fair point. I leave this deliberately ambiguous within my litmus test, because I tend to place a (perhaps inordinately) large value on the mentee's interpretation. If they feel they've grown, whatever their goals* are--if they feel mentored--I consider myself to have succeeded positively.
Beyond the litmus though, I guess my next check is that the growth exceeds anything that could reasonably achieved through a collection of lesser interactions. For the purposes of this statement, "lesser" refers to shorter, less personal or less unique (etc?), as opposed to being a qualitative judgement. I'm not sure I'm comfortable defining growth beyond how the individual growing it precieves it (with the possible exception that it doesn't injure the individual or society). While there are certainly trends and common examples in FIRST as with other organizations, I'm not entirely certain growth has a definition beyond the individuals'. All solely my opinion and subject to evolution with further experience.
*I suppose I should add my usually inherent caveats that they have goals I can view as positive and that I don't feel I've misled them/they've been misled.
*And I like the Buddhist reference (@Richard)