Published in ASTD's OD/Leadership Newsletter May 2006Mentoring is one of the best ways to learn, to get feedback, and to take your career to the next level. Here are ten tips for making the most of your mentoring relationships.Tip #1Self-assess. Ask yourself, "What skills do I need to get where I want to go?"Tip #2Identify your learning goals. Put them in writing.Tip #3Decide together how the mentoring relationship will...

Time after time, successful people I talk to say that one of the most important keys to their success is having a mentor. Without one, it's hard to make it and takes too long, they say. I didn't have many mentors when I was building my career, but a few were especially memorable. Shortly after I began working at a Fortune 500 company as senior international human-resources consultant, Debra Walton became vice president in t...