Mentorvention: the book

Rethinking who mentors us and where we find them.

We tend to think of mentoring as a relationship between two people: an experienced mentor and a less experienced mentee.

But what if we’ve been thinking too narrowly?

Mentorvention challenges the idea that we need to find one ideal mentor and invites us to recognize the many people who can contribute to our growth.

Drawing on research, experience, and practical examples, the book explores a broader approach to mentoring, one in which we become more intentional about the perspectives we seek, the relationships we build, and the role we play in our own development.

Mentors are all around us

Some mentors teach us. Some challenge us. Some encourage us. Some open doors. Some simply see something in us that we haven’t yet learned to see ourselves.

And they don’t always look like the person we imagined when we went searching for a “mentor.”

The opportunity is learning to recognize them.

From reading to doing

The ideas in Mentorvention don’t end on the page.

They inform the workshops, coaching, and organizational work I do through Mentorvention: helping individuals and organizations move beyond simply finding or assigning mentors toward building richer networks of developmental relationships.

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