Look beyond the final session.
Consider what a young person can take forward: confidence to seek help, a clearer ambition or a different way of approaching a decision.
Listen over time.
Later testimony can show what someone remembers and the influence they attribute to mentoring. It offers a personal perspective rather than proof that every later achievement has one cause.
Examine the account.
ECNM’s long-term testimony feature provides a place to hear former mentees describe their own experience. Read or watch the context alongside the headline.
From the ECNM journal
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