She made special efforts to check in with postgraduates regularly to "make sure they were getting something out of the relationship" with undergraduate researchers and "mentor them" on how to mentor others.
She had been a work mentor; now she became a mentor in how to be a widow, though she would likely say we teach each other.
And they do indeed have a "funny" scene when quasi-father and pseudo-son take off together, drunk, and Joe appears to mentor Gary in how to attract women and how to look fascinating: how, for example, to look like you're smiling through some inner emotional pain.
The fourth and last Fresh Meat includes some classic Bain and Armstrong riffs and invective as Vod faces up to her accumulated overdraft and JP's brother arrives to mentor him in how to monetise his poshness in the world of work.
He took the time to mentor me in how to write NIH grants, even though I wasn't in his lab or affiliated with him in any way.
I was fortunate to have a Native American chief mentor me in how to build mutual respect with First Nation peoples.
Postdocs rely on the forbearance of an adviser who gives them lab space (and usually some other resources), an institutional affiliation, and, one hopes, some mentoring in how to succeed as a member of their scientific community.
For early career scientists to become the competent and fair reviewers of the future they need to be actively participating in the peer-review process, be explicitly taught analytical writing skills and effectively mentored in how to articulate objective and, above all, helpful criticism.
… At the time," he says, "I didn't realize what was happening to me, that I was being mentored in how to communicate science".
Pro-tip: You're going to have a hard time communicating with young people if you think that young people need to be mentored in how to communicate.
A great mentor will coach you in how to bring something of value that the board wanted but didn't know to ask.
