Mentoring Future Leaders
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<strong>Mentoring</strong> <strong>Future</strong> <strong>Leaders</strong><br />
A Directive and Non-directive<br />
Approach: The Ask-Tell<br />
Continuum<br />
(Source: Landsberg, 1996, p.9)<br />
Ask questions<br />
and paraphrase<br />
Non-directive<br />
Higher, if mentee has basic<br />
skills and creativity<br />
Deeper understanding<br />
Higher in most cases<br />
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More<br />
Empowering<br />
Slightly more, depending on<br />
rate of mentee’s learning<br />
Potentially high<br />
Make<br />
suggestions<br />
More<br />
Controlling<br />
Demonstrate Give advice Tell what <strong> </strong><br />
and how<br />
Benefit<br />
Quality of <strong> </strong><br />
task completion<br />
Learning by<br />
mentee<br />
Motivation of<br />
mentee<br />
Initial time from<br />
mentee<br />
Learning by<br />
mentor<br />
Directive<br />
Lower, unless the mentee<br />
has to repeat a relatively<br />
simple task with little scope<br />
for initiative<br />
Deep understanding, but only<br />
if the mentee is a true expert<br />
Lower, unless mentee feels<br />
completely lost<br />
Slightly less, assuming that<br />
the task is easy to teach, and<br />
that the mentee understands<br />
and follows the instructions<br />
Very little<br />
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