The first time Kathy Van Neck participated in a formal mentoring program, the pairing was a flop. Ms. Van Neck, a compensation consultant, met her assigned mentor over lunch one day about six years ago. The conversation was perfectly pleasant. But neither person knew what to do or say. They never met again.
"It was very well intentioned," says Ms. Van Neck. But "it was a miserable failure."
By Erin White
From The Wall Street Journal Online
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