A better way is to build what I call a 'personal mosaic' of influences, experts, and guides. Essentially a decision-making model, this theory teaches individuals to design and manage their own mentoring plan. One doesn't have to be an employee to benefit from mentoring.
Individuals can benefit from mentoring at all stages of life.
Mentoring self-management has the advantage of situating more of the responsibility onto the mentee and of expanding the notion of mentoring to include peers, parents and siblings, biographies, illuminating materials and media, reflection on field experiences, and serial mentoring. What's new, what's not. Kappa Omicron Nu . See also Self-Managed Mentoring .