Developing Effective Mentorships for Technical Communicators
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1994/PDFs/PG137139.PDF

Shirk, Henrietta Nickels and Howard T. Smith
STC Proceedings
1994

Abstract:

Mentorships can contribute significantly to the career success of technical communicators. Effective mentorships are established and maintained by finding the right persons to be mentors through active listening, careful observation, personal analysis, willingness to be influenced, coached and taught, and allowing mentoring relationships to emerge over time. Such mentorships benefit both individual technical communicators by furthering their selfdevelopment and careers, and they benefit their corporations by enhancing morale and productivity.