Learn in the textbookMethods of Human Resource Development
DefinitionMentoring (メンタリング) is a development method in which an experienced senior (the mentor, メンター) builds an ongoing relationship with a junior (the mentee, メンティ) and supports their growth and career through advice and emotional support.
ExplanationIts distinctive feature is that it covers not just how to do the work but also worries about one's future career and anxieties at the workplace. Sometimes the mentor is a senior from a different department rather than the direct manager.
AnalogyLike someone who walked the same road before you, joining you now and then to point out where people tend to stumble and where the shortcuts are.
Memory hookThe word mentor comes from Mentor, the wise man in Greek myth who guided the prince Telemachus.