Anti-Mentorship

I ran across this article at Zoomstart that I thought I would pass along. Of course, you know that I believe having a mentor to guide you is important, but take a read about how important an anti-mentor can be:

An anti-mentor teaches you what NOT to do. They lead by example and so their lessons are very powerful. We’ve all had them, and probably didn’t realize they were teaching us something at the time. Or that what they were teaching was so valuable.

I’ve had a couple of bosses who really liked to tear a strip off people. Basically, when something went wrong, they’d be in your face screaming, berating, and carrying on like maniacs. And usually, right in front of everyone else. They’ve taught me a lot.

Check out Shane’s full article at Zoomstart. Have you ever had an anti-mentor? Tell everyone a little bit about it in the comments!