Collaboration / Mentoring

[rourke]

Originally Posted by Steve W

Is there a difference between the 2?

Steve,

This is definitely a much more insightful question than it may appear on the surface. The crafty way in which you’ve worded your question almost makes me sense that you’re warming up to expanding your collaborative outlook!

Why do I say that? Firstly, Section 8.3 of the FIRST Mentoring Guide, entitled “Transferring Ownership”, breaks the Mentoring process into 4 Steps:

I Do, You Watch
I Do, You Help
You Do, I Help
You Do, I Watch

Secondly, Collaboration is defined by Merriam-Webster as “to work jointly or together especially in an intellectual endeavour” (my dictionary uses Canadian spelling)

You can do both of these things within teams, AND you can do both of these things between teams. In both cases, you are mentoring. In both cases you are collaborating.

Nice catch Steve! (Now you can get back to your collaboration plans with a clear conscience)