Mentoris writes: Non-verbal communication

Greek mythology may not be the first thing we consider in our optical pond as relevant. The word ‘mentor’ hails from Homer’s The Odyssey, where Mentor, the son of Alcimus became a close friend of Odysseus, who gave Mentor the responsibility of ‘mentoring’ his son Telemachus, while the hero was away fighting the Trojan War.

Mentoring is not just for X-Factor contestants or Dragons’ Den entrepreneurs. We can all benefit from having someone you can trust by our side, to bounce ideas off, to listen to your problems or share our vision. Great mentors understand that their role in the relationship is to challenge, to ask the right questions to allow the mentee to come up with their own ideas and solutions.