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Mentoring: Are you receiving it? Are you are mentor? What is your experience?According to Maxwell and Dornan (1997), a way of mentoring is by ‘enlarging others’ and is one of the most incredible things that can be done for a person. When a mentor enlarges others there are several things that happen. The mentor raises the level of living for the individual because their life has been enlarged and as a result they develop their gifts and talents, learn new skills and expand their problem-solving abilities.
Their potential for success is increased as their horizons expand, attitudes improve, skills increase and new ways of thinking emerge. The authors state that the leading mentor helps people to increase their capacity for growth. There are long-term benefits involved in enlarging people as it increases their capacity to learn and grow. After being enlarged, people are better able to use a given opportunity or resource to its greatest benefit.
The benefits involved in enlarging people are not restricted to just the individual. If the individual is involved in a club, family, church, business, or sports team, then the whole group benefits from their growth. When a few people improve themselves a lot the potential for success and growth increases more generally due to the leadership of the individuals.
