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MENTORING : A PANACEA FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
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It has been established in ancient times and affirmed in this present times that “no man is an embodiment of knowledge”, people with different lifestyles that is unproven have gained more skill and knowledge by leaning forward on those living in another level of paradigm that have been through tough times and overcame the hordes, understood the concept and secrets of their struggle which at the end both parties inform and involve each other to pass on the mastered method, this process have become what we term as mentoring.

This essay examines how sustainable growth and development could be achieved with mentoring where young adults are brought into the structure, livelihood, business places and leadership stands to establish them with reference to their mentors and also its examines past accounts, present and the future prospect about mentoring relationship, tasks to be accomplished and formalities about the way the mentor-mentees do interact on relevant and comparable issues and by taking the qualities and attributes constant and also varying by analyzing critically the future trends of communication which is a fundamental object to achieve a good mentoring program.




Mentoring is a phenomenon used to describe the process by which a leader with a life and philosophy of responsibility worth mimicking entrust himself for an extended period of time to a few faithful, fervent and gifted emerging leaders to aid and guide their growth to a fresh leadership style and equip them to reproduce themselves in the generation of leaders to come. Mentoring is practiced by mentors and protégés where mentors provide, advice, shares knowledge and experiences, and teach using a low pressure, self-discovery approach which structure of teaching cuts through using an adult learning versus teacher to student model no matter the age differences, and being willing to not just question for self discovery but also freely sharing their own experiences and skills with their protégé who observe, question, and explore.

Mentoring is a practice that has been around since as long as human began to relate with each other, in various sectors and corners of life; from the timeline of Plato, Aristotle with the manner they use their philosophy to control a certain degree in their societies and also taking a cue from the mythology about a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus’ son Telemachus to tutor him the way of a kings and also to religious gatherings of Christians and Muslim about the relationship between Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed respectively and their followers with the manner they influence the community they find themselves, for example, even during ruthless reigns of empires especially the Roman Empire which someone like Apostle Paul was caught in between, his teachings and methods became an invaluable asset and gift to this present times which the Christians still practice daily . In the modern civilization, mentoring has been used by individuals to develop their interpersonal skills and also by organizations to nurture and grow their employees. Practicing mentoring takes an informal or a formal program; the application solely depends on the part of life the mentee/protégé desires to pursue skilled knowledge. Mentors have always been seen to possess certain characteristics which include commitment, up-to-date knowledge, time & energy, focus, learning attitude and good reputation for developing others especially the young minds.

Youths have been tagged with been leaders of tomorrow today and has leaders they must possess the attribute, qualities, core values, philosophy and ethical principles to lead a certain group, class, team as envisioned by them. With mentoring serving as a model which can make them leapfrog in actualizing the set objective of becoming a leader with unique set of skills by learning from those that have been there and achieve the same set or comparable purpose through listening to their success and failure stories such as their personal scenarios, anecdotes and case examples because they offer valuable and often unforgettable insight which must be shared, by doing this mentors who can talk about themselves and their experiences establish a rapport which over time develops the emerging leaders and the process makes them tap into continuous learning that is not an event, or even a string of discrete events; rather, it is the synthesis of ongoing event, experiences, observation, studies, and thoughtful analysis that would shape the entire relationship among both parties and also enables them to search, find solutions for a particular issue and also this relatively enables growth and development with the youths in their respective society.

In modern societies where building a viable and having a strong standard has been an epitome of a better society which is bent towards improved living conditions and principled livelihood by the masses where they would neglect criminal offences, indiscipline and nonchalant attitude towards their environment which is condition that states the degree at which literal education is positioned. In achieving this kind of society, which the founding father foresaw, the labour of the fathers and heroes should not been in vain by taking cognisance of losing their freedom and struggles with the villains, a result a nation like South Africa is benefitting from the struggles of a man- Nelson Mandela who did not compromise his standards and so many other heroes, mentors and role models exist today in the world such as . Learning about the historical facts about the country such as the civil wars, great discoverers in history classes with respect to establish the basis such occurrence and why the greed of some people has made such outage and cruelty by upcoming children through formal or informal approach through reading, studying in classes has been a mark of sustaining a better society; a concept used by the developed countries especially United States, England and few European countries, where in classrooms a form of mentoring has been established where career talks by fathers of children, mother sessions in the same class with other children would come and speak about what he his doing, how to get to that level and how he has set a standard about living and moral principles about his discipline. This had ensured a process of transition of knowledge from the old, skilled and experienced to the young ones replacing them or who would someday replace them.

In addition, recent times around the world in context with government officials whether elected or appointed and their certain degree of credibility has always been in question with their conducts of disbursing the public funds and property has deteriorated exponentially which result is observed as bad leadership and character through their bribery and corruption and unethical methods of ruling. This has made people to be sick and tired of having a credible electioneering process and a true democratic institution in place by them. The setback accrued within such unwholesome practices could be highlighted by the idea that a credible relationship with the government and the people cannot be derived, and finding an alternative route is best, every aspiring leader should understand that they are an image that young and old, women and children would want to be identified with relative to the fact that a certain degree of mentoring is displayed which is not direct and informal. However an important element of the mentoring relationship is setting and facilitating clearly-defined learning objectives; with this fact standing in place as a basis of good governance would be extracted from such model and the people would follow and anticipate change within the loop of government officials.

Different stage of civilization that has evolved, people today have fashioned out a way to acquire the best out of mentorship concept by having few or different mentors who had gone through a specific task and had successful triumphed. They choose and follow from a pool of mentors to serve a purpose either directly or indirectly, formally and informally such that they would carve out the best from them. They communicate regularly with the mentors on the basis of effective relationship whereby each experience is a key to succumb an assignment or a task and the role of the mentors regards to coaching, counselling, facilitating, and networking which would take a form suitable to every mentor for a successful process.

Furthermore, for on going communication and those who are seeking for mentors in their diverse field, the advent of Web 2.0, the user generated content, social networking sites such as "myspace", "facebook" and the new social networking site on the internet called "twitter" has played an important role in helping achieving a formidable result through connecting with different mentors from all around the world who are seasoned and skilled. A view from facebook has made possible that groups can be created that would allow mentoring group to be created and enable people to join from every continent, where messages can be exchanged through the internet, status notification can be displayed and this has been made easier by twitter which is based solely on the status concept “what are you doing”, mentors can indicate what they are doing and what they want to do, which would be followed up by their mentees. The Internet has made it possible that choosing a mentor has nothing to do with the territory we reside. They can be close, far or near but the basis of communication is still upheld by chat response, telecommunication, video conferencing, As much as the mentee might never have the chance to meet the mentor but they duly enable that they share ideas, inspiration and motivation process through the mentor. Though this channel, if youths who are aspiring to be task solvers, ground breakers and seekers encourage themselves to use the act to foster national development.

Mentors as we know them today are regarded as wise men in ancient times, since the beginning of time they have been telling us that all we achieve, or fail to achieve, are the direct result of our thoughts. What the aged wants are men and women who have the nerve and the grit to work and wait, whether the world applauds or jeers. There are those who have broken away from poverty and tough circumstances, who have never allowed these negative influences to infiltrate their souls. Ultimately, a human being is wealthy not because of what he has, but because of what he knows. What he has, he can lose through disaster obsolescence or theft. What he knows, he can never lose unless he loses life itself. Thus, his real wealth is a characteristic of his thinking not any physical assets. Great accomplishments are always the result of images translated through words and action plan. The interplay between ideas and the action steps that follow which can constitute mentees life. The way to be great is to know that you are great; and to know is to master your thoughts and emotions- to raise the mentees consciousness. The higher the thought, the clearer the vision, the way of mentoring helps capacity building with humans.

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