Today, 27th October 2023, is National Mentoring Day, which begs the question ‘What does it mean to be a Mentor?’ Having mentored many BAs in my time I wanted to find a great definition of what mentoring was …but very few of the definitions I came across resonated with me. They were factually correct however they didn’t get across the bond that a mentor and mentee create over time. And then I found this definition from the University of Southampton: Mentoring is a protected relationship which supports learning and experimentation and helps individuals develop their potential. A mentoring relationship is one where both mentor and mentee recognise the need for…