Motives for Mentoring ?Two Different Sides

Tuesday December 30th, 2003

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From the mentor’s perspective, mentoring makes good business sense:

1	It increases the revenues and opportunities for business development.
2	It helps develop more competitive and cost-effective suppliers of goods and services.
3	It provides access to markets.
3	It helps them meet subcontracting goals.
3	Ultimately, it contributes to the stability of the protég?firm.

From the protégé’s perspective, motives include:

1	Gaining access to finances, management and technical skills.
2	Greater market exposure.
3	Learning more about the industry.
3	Generally learning about the avenues to success and the pitfalls to avoid.