Famous Leaders On Coaching And Mentoring

May 26, 2014 1 Min Read
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“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.” – Steven Spielberg 

“A coach is someone who tells you what you don’t want to hear, who has you see what you don’t want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be.” – Tom Landry 

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin 

“Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.” – John C. Crosby

“The best teacher is not the one who knows most but the one who is most capable of reducing knowledge to that simple compound of the obvious and wonderful.” – H. L. Mencken

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