One sometimes underdeveloped strategy to improve job satisfaction, manage and foster talent development and aid succession planning is mentoring. A mentor relationship with another colleague who is separate from the line of management can provide a helpful source of professional and psychological support, especially for a newly appointed academic. It can also build scholarly confidence and promote career advancement. Positive mentoring relationships are mutually beneficial professional partnerships. They tend to be between an individual with experience (mentor) who shares their knowledge, skills and expertise with another who has lesser experience or has a specific professional goal (mentee).
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