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Motives for Mentoring ?Two Different Sides
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Posted On: Tuesday December 30th, 2003 at 12:00am EST
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From the mentor’s perspective, mentoring makes good business sense:
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It increases the revenues and opportunities for business development.
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It helps develop more competitive and cost-effective suppliers of goods and services.
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It provides access to markets.
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It helps them meet subcontracting goals.
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Ultimately, it contributes to the stability of the protég?firm.
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From the protégé’s perspective, motives include:
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Gaining access to finances, management and technical skills.
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Greater market exposure.
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Learning more about the industry.
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Generally learning about the avenues to success and the pitfalls to avoid.
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