In the eighth in a series of columns dedicated to mentoring, we look at developmental versus sponsorship mentoring. This issue: Does mentoring have a positive career impact? schools for thought lis merrick and paul stokes We now know how to set up a mentoring programme. But which type are you using? Most of us are familiar with developmental mentoring and align our thinking with the definition suggested by Megginson and Clutterbuck: “Off-line help by one person to another in making significant transitions in knowledge, work or thinking.” However, there is another...