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Subject:Re: Difference between editor and manager From:David Dubin <David_Dubin -at- NOTES -dot- PW -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 8 Jan 1996 07:52:38 EST
George,
I agree with your disagreement in principle. It is hard (but not impossible)
for a staff member to be mentored by the person who writes their evaluation. It
is only difficult to mentor someone on whom you write an evaluation. Mentoring
is a term that can be open to many interpretations, but, to me, it means, a
teacher or coach. I believe (after 27 years in the Army) that it is implicit
responsibility of everyone in a leadership position to assist and guide their
subordinates in building both skills and teams to achieve goals.
David Dubin -at- notes -dot- pw -dot- com
This has been one man's opinion, yours may vary with mileage.
