Stein: 'Call me whenever' mentorship yields almost no mentee progress
Aropa Stein · The Question That Tells You If a Mentee Is Worth Your Time · Jun 8, 2021 · at 22:08
Aropa Stein, CEO of Hyre, discusses mentorship structure with Sean Weisbrot, contrasting structured deadlines and meetings against ad-hoc, unscheduled mentee support.
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“And I think sometimes I've tried having like no schedule, like just call me whenever. And then I find like when they call me, the progress is like next to nothing. Even if I initially thought they were hungry and self-motivated, like I just don't feel like the progress has been as impressive as when we do set a timeline and a schedule for ourselves.”
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