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HBR guide to getting the mentoring you need.

pages cm

ISBN 978-1-4221-9600-7 (alk. paper)

1. Mentoring in business.   2. Career development.   I. Harvard business review.

HF5385.H34 2014

650.14—dc23

2013032976

ISBN: 9781422196007

eISBN: 9781422197493

The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Publications and Documents in Libraries and Archives Z39.48–1992.