Leadership and Management Skills to Enhance Your Professional Role-Finding a Mentor and Developing a Mentoring Relationship

Finding a Mentor and Developing a Mentoring Relationship

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Rob Grabenkord, a retired physician assistant with 40 years of critical care experience, discusses the importance of mentoring in a presentation. He highlights the early, midterm, and lasting influences of mentoring, emphasizing the role of imparting wisdom. He delves into the characteristics of successful mentors, stressing the importance of relationships over programming. Rob also explores the benefits of mentoring for both mentors and mentees, including professional growth, expanded thinking, and increased workplace engagement. He concludes with a historical reference, illustrating how impactful mentoring can be with a brief but meaningful example from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The key takeaway is that even a little mentoring can leave a lasting impression.

Keywords

physician assistant

mentoring

critical care experience

successful mentors

professional growth

Abraham Lincoln

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