Facilitating Protégé Career Development through Roles of Mentors in Software Companies

Abstract

The success of protégé contribution in any organizationtoday depends more on the type of relationship that an organization establishes with the support of mentors. Research indicates that individuals who are mentoredhave an increased likelihood of career success as a result of the targeted developmental support they receive. Mentors serve as trusted and significant advisors,providing a sounding board for day-to-day issues encountered on the job and alternative perspectives on issues regarding both problem identification and problem-solving. Mentoring can take on different forms. There are many ways through which mentors can improve the effectiveness of the mentoring process. Qualities of mentors, skills of mentors and mentoring methods have already contributed toward protégé career development. In this paper, the author is making an effort to assist the human resource department on how protégé career development can be achieved through the new roles of the Mentors, in the near future. By practising new roles, mentors in organizations can facilitate healthy relationships between the levels of management and in turn, try to achieve individual goals and organizationalgoals.