"Michelangelo approached the craft of sculpting with the humble conviction that a unique and beautiful piece of art already existed within the stone, and his job was only to release it. We think the best mentors approach their art in the same way." This was the introduction from a recent Harvard Business Review article on mentorship (link in the comments section). Thought the article struck many great points, including perception affirmation, behavioral affirmation, cross-gender mentorship, and the Michelangelo phenomenon mentioned above. One takeaway I agreed most with the article is that mentors should never try to impose their own vision on their mentees. Mentors, like skilled artists, should provide the paintbrush aka toolkit for their mentees to paint their own vision, and not draw one for them. I'll be discussing the topic of mentorship, analysis of this HBR article, and more in the first episode of the Zero to Infinity podcast. And later next month, I'll take a deeper dive into the topic of cross-gender mentorship with no other than Janet Balis, a close mentor and Partner at EY! If you haven't already, Be Infinity 🚀 and be part of our newsletter to know when the podcast is coming out next week: www.bit.ly/Infinity-SignUp #GoodMentors
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