Mentor/mentee relationship with the focus on meeting promotion/tenure guidelines

Mentoring, an important concept in career development, is applied primarily in the literature to undergraduate students whereby faculty mentor students. This article discusses the development of a mentoring relationship in a complex university environment, factors that inhibit the development of a mentoring relationship, how to overcome these inhibitors and how attitudes can influence the mentoring relationship. Lastly, the development of a personal mentoring relationship is shared.