Write a blog entry on the significance, importance, and/or
impact of having a coach and/or a mentor to help you in your professional
journey.
Mentoring
in the Air Force has a significant and important role in helping Airmen develop
professionally. It has played a role in my professional journey from becoming
an apprentice to becoming a journeyman. I’ll explain the significance mentoring
has on the Air Force and then how it has played a role in my professional
journey.
Mentoring
plays a significant role in the development of Airmen within the Air Force. The
goal of mentoring “has shifted to focus on helping anyone gain new insights and
abilities.” (Emelo, 2011)
This is especially true when anyone first joins the workforce and works towards
becoming a journeyman. This is done by on-the-job training and is performed by
any variety of peoples within a flight. These peoples “are simply available for
the moment in time to offer expert knowledge on a specific topic.” (Emelo, 2011) By taking an
apprentice under their arms, a more experienced person is able to share their
knowledge and improve the skills of the lesser experienced.
The
impact mentoring has played a role on me is similar to what was just explained.
The first impact was in regards to on-the-job training. When I first started my
career in the Air Force I was always matched up with someone with more
experience. My very first job was to launch out a jet and it was done by having
one of my peers take me out and show me step by step what needs to get done. There
have been other cases as well two years later where a jet would be hard broke
for a particular problem I never experienced before, however maybe a week prior
a similar problem occurred with another jet. I would then consult with the
person who solved the issue while they would mentor me into gaining new
insights about the problem.
In the
Air Force, mentoring plays a significant role in the professional development
of its Airmen. It has also played a significant role in my own professional
development as well. It is a skill and ability that has been instilled into the
culture that will forever foster an environment of mentorship between the more
experienced personnel to the lesser experienced.
References
Emelo, R. (2011). Creating a New Mindset Guidelines
for Mentorship in Today's Workplace. T + D, 44.
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