Why does mentoring fail at work?

 We've just finished a mentoring session at work (The mentoring was mandatory). An experienced businessman tried to coach by asking great questions but failed to make people share real challenges.

Everyone agreed there is a lot to improve but no one volunteered to bring up anything they or their boss are in charge of. 

So eventually everyone just nodded, kept quiet, and promised themselves to take revenge on the one who made them sit fully aware in case someone might focus on their mistakes. 



I love mentoring. People pay for mentoring. But at work mentoring can't work. You can coach, you can teach methods, but you cannot mentor. A group of people at work won't share what is needed for mentoring - unless they really trust each other and share the same interests. Maybe.

Mentoring is great for one on one.
For a group - bring a coach or send us to a nice brunch at a cafe.

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