National Mentoring Month

Former Heavyweight Champion Gives Back With Mentoring Program

Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact


During his days as a professional boxer, Pinklon Thomas shared ring time with the who's who of 80s boxing: Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, Tommy Morris...

The "M" Word: Making the Most of Mentoring to Achieve (and Exceed) Your Goals

Shannon Cutts | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living


Shannon Cutts

A mentoring relationship is fundamentally driven by the mentee's desire to maximize their full potential in some area of life, whether it be personal, career, or some combination thereof.

A Life in Music

Joanne Bernstein-Cohen | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living


Joanne Bernstein-Cohen

Perhaps the most telling affirmation of Dino Anagnost's influence on my career is reflected in my current position - as Executive Director of The Little Orchestra Society.

On Being A Big Sister

Kate Snow | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living


Kate Snow

Good Morning America weekend co-anchor Kate Snow was interviewed for National Mentoring Month by veteran TV industry writer Michele Greppi, who has served as a mentor to so many others herself.

My Mentor: Better Than Journalism School

Donna Dees Thomases | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Donna Dees Thomases

Veronica "Ronni" Patriquin was the State Capitol bureau chief for the now defunct afternoon daily, The Shreveport Journal. She hired me during my sen...

Q & A With Elmo's Creator

Huffington Post Living | Dequan Foster & Diamante Suarez | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


DEQUAN FOSTER: When you were growing up was there ever a mentor in your life that really had such a big difference? KEVIN CLASH: Oh yeah. I had som...

My Mentor: My Grandfather

Rand Morrison | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Rand Morrison

I think it's fair to say that my grandfather is the person to be blessed - or blamed - for shaping me into the person I am today. His was a classic ...

My Mentor: Lesley Stahl

Susan Zirinsky | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Susan Zirinsky

I am definitely a living example of luck - right time, right place. In college I had heard about a part time job on the weekends at CBS News' Washing...

A Supreme Mentor

Emily Jane Goodman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Emily Jane Goodman

I wasn't thinking "mentor"-- though I should have been--when I met him the very week I became a lawyer. He was older and held a prominent position in ...

My Mentors

Jeff Gralnick | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Jeff Gralnick

January is National Mentoring Month. Why the need for a National Mentoring Month? Most successful people say they had mentors along the way who guide...