Role of a mentor

Addressing issues and challenges identified by the mentee, the mentor offers guidance and support in the form of pragmatic and objective assistance.
A mentor offers a safe, confidential environment within which the mentee can discuss work related issues and explore solutions to challenges.
A mentor can help a mentee take decisions and clarify the perspective while bringing an additional view and insight to bear.
Mentors are not there to solve problems but rather to illuminate issues and help plan ways through them.
Mentors can advise on development and how to manage a career plan, they can offer insights into the ways A&O works and how the informal networks operate, they can challenge your assumptions, and where relevant, they can share their own experience.