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		<title>Learning From Your Mistakes: Nobody&#8217;s Perfect!</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Everyone fears failure. But breakthroughs depend on it." ...However, even in environments which allow for failure, "some people will take setbacks to heart instead of to mind...mentor can provide the support that minimizes the time it takes to bounce back.]]></description>
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		<title>Productive Mentors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mentoring conversations can be so effective, that complex issues can be dealt with in just five to 15 minutes. ]]></description>
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		<title>January is National Mentoring Month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a need for youth mentors nationwide. In a professional setting, the issues that a mentee/protege address may be very different than those of an at-risk youth. But the principles are the same and the transformation is the same. The only difference is the starting point.]]></description>
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		<title>How To Find A Mentor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Susan Bender Phelps; speaker, trainer and consultant; Odyssey Mentoring, said finding the right mentor depends on what you want out of the relationship.]]></description>
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		<title>How A Mentor Changed My Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[...the difference his mentoring made in my career will never be forgotten. Teaching others to give the gift he gave to me is the best way I know to honor my mentor and friend.]]></description>
		<link>http://odysseymentoring.com/news/how-a-mentor-changed-my-life/</link>
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		<title>Mentoring: A Valuable Member Benefit for Professional Associations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the most part, professional associations exist to educate their members. Most are very good at promoting relationship building among members by providing regular access to training and networking at meetings and conferences. Programs allow members to learn skills that will keep them employed, grow personally and professionally, stay current with industry trends, prepare for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Original Mentor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Original Mentor
Have you ever wondered where the word “mentor” comes from?
In Homer&#8217;s epic poem, The Iliad, Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, left home to join the Trojan War. He left his son, Telemachus, with his trusted friend Mentor. For 20 years Odysseus&#8217; military campaign and protracted journey home kept him away from his son, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developing Leaders With Professional Mentoring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Developing Leaders With Professional Mentoring
“We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without
brightening our own.”&#8211; Ben Sweetland
More than ever before organizations need to develop future leaders, managers and workers who can adapt to constant changes in the marketplace, competitive and environmental threats, and rapid advances in technology. Overloaded managers and flattened organizations mean there [...]]]></description>
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