Leadership and Mentoring
Abstract
In today’s working environment a leader has to demonstrate qualities of honesty, integrity, loyalty, trustworthiness, principled behaviour and understanding ).1 Leadership begins with practicing personal accountability; identifying how you can make a difference; and never under-estimating the power of one person to make a difference. A means to do this is by being a mentor and being mentored.
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