Merits and Demerits of Mentoring

Of course, mentoring is not without difficulty. Mentors who are not satisfied along their jobs and those who narrow or teach or distorted view of events cannot help a protégé's development. Not all of the mentors are well prepared to transfer their wisdom and skills to their junior colleagues. While young people are bombarded with conflicting viewpoints regarding how things should go from a series of advisors, they can find it hard to get ahead with confidence. Mentoring may succeed if (i) there is true support and commitment from top management (ii) mentors take their job seriously and transfer skills, ideas and experiences in a systematic means and (iii) mentees believe in the entire process and carry out things in suitable manner.