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When mentorship is related to disputes an effective mentor often plans conflict management strategies with the protégé; this conflict management is most effective when other
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A mentor is both an advisor and a supervisor and the protégé is the subordinate. Many protégés need a mentor because they have been involved in problematic behavior caused by their failure to understand our policies and guidelines. The mentor may even be in danger of being manipulated by a protégé
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Mentors should keep in mind their great responsibility. They should get to know and advise their protégé, yet also be careful to avoid doing their protégé and
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The mentor should not become an advocate to plead a cause, but rather advise and instill respect for our policies and the good of
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against the editor made by administrators under the terms of the decision. The precise terms of the mentorship, as well as the identity of the mentors, are usually spelled out explicitly in the decision that creates the mentorship, but may include delegation of the arbitration committee's banning
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is an arrangement in which one user assists another user, the protégé. Depending on the nature of the mentorship agreement, the mentor may give the protégé advice on more effective editing habits and help the protégé resolve disputes. The purpose of mentorship is to help the protégé adjust to
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to attempt to volunteer other people's time and effort for work they have not agreed to perform. In other words, editors in good standing who think a mentorship might solve a problem should first consider undertaking the responsibilities themselves.
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process, the mentor occasionally accepts formal supervisory powers over the protégé. When mentorship is effective, however, it functions in an atmosphere of mutual respect.
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or paroles. Or they may be an end result of the dispute resolution process itself. Users may be placed under mentorship by a ruling of the
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