By  Stephanie Wickouski

Ms. Wickouski starts by describing what a mentor is and distinguishes that role from a teacher, coach, role model, buddy, or boss. Younger professionals may be skeptical of the need for a mentor, but Mrs. Wickouski deftly disabuses that notion by relating how a mentor may do nothing less than change the course of a protégé’s life. Newbies to this genre need little convincing afterwards.