A mentor’s job is to foster one-to-one relationships that challenge people to rise to higher levels of competence and responsibility. This article discusses three key characteristics of an effective ...

Ambitious people can be notoriously independent, but most figures who’ve made it to the top couldn’t possibly have achieved their goals alone. Instead, political leaders, monarchs and even company ...

Our mentees face a far more complex educational, social and geopolitical landscape than we did, and we must practise humility in the face of that reality, writes Maria LaMonaca Wisdom. In this piece, ...

No matter where you are on your entrepreneurial journey, you can always benefit from having a mentor. Mentors can help you identify and avoid business pitfalls and work your way through the challenges ...

Mentoring is over-systemized and under-delivering. Here is how to reimagine it with early investment, real relationships, and ...

I am working on an article about how scientists consider mentor relationships important. I don't mean the idea that you need to have a good relationship with your supervisor to be most effective in ...

Jo Miller knows firsthand the wisdom a mentor can impart on a young, impressionable mind. "When I was just starting out, I had a wonderful mentor who I got to work with and learned a lot from," Miller ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. We don’t teach networking in colleges and universities hardly anywhere in the world — we didn’t when I went to school, and we still don’t ...