MENTORSHIP AS LEADERSHIP MODEL: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF AUTHENTIC MENTOR-MENTEE

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study conveys the continuity of leadership in the organization. This is by ensuring that the outgoing leaders who are mentors ensure that upcoming leaders who are mentees would continue with the smooth running of the organization. Mentoring is a holistic concept related to corporate development, personal enhancement, and professional improvement.

Methodology: This study utilized a descriptive research design and reviewed available literature by reviewing two major types of mentoring, first the career coach and professional helper mentorship, Secondly, psychological mentoring gives personal and cognitive aspects.

Findings: The study found out that these types of mentorships aim at establishing an understanding of a company's operations such as political and cultural organizational aspects and individual support, improving confidence, seeking professional identity, and role modeling. This leads to a model that would help the mentor who is an all-around individual to instill various skills and knowledge on a mentee to improve their general performance.

Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: This study recommends mentorship be used in any organization as a leadership model to keep the organizational momentum and maintain its status quo. The government and policymakers could document the use of mentorship as a policy for smooth running of institutions to avoid waste of resources and misuse of power to those in leadership as they will be responsible to mentor others. Researchers could deep deeper into this area to add knowledge and filled the gap of poor leadership.