If your company doesn’t have a formal mentoring program in place or if there is one, the target group for the program does not include you, how can you benefit from a mentor?   Getting the most out of a mentor is not dependent on whether or not there is a formalized program.  In fact, many successful mentoring relationships are informal.  Here are some steps for you to engage with an informal mentor:

The traditional definition of mentoring is when a more experienced person is paired up with a less experienced person for the purpose of developing the less experienced person or mentee. 

You have launched or plan to launch a company-wide mentoring program.  Regardless of the objectives of the program, here are some “must haves” to ensure success: