Debunking the top 4 mentoring myths

Mentoring has cemented itself in successful organisations. 71% of Fortune 500 businesses run mentoring schemes. Mentoring is now ranked as one of the top three effective talent management activities with 75% of executives saying mentoring played a key role in their personal career success. 

As the awareness of the benefits mentoring can bring to business performance grows, so do the myths surrounding it.

In this short article we draw on the research to explore and debunk four of the most common mentoring myths.