I’ve been assigned a mentee and our personalities and communication styles are completely different. I want to help them, but I’m worried I might not be the right fit as their mentor. Would it be messed up for me to request a reassignment?

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Or you can think about this as an opportunity to mentor someone about how to deal with different communication styles.

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YES! Great advice this is an opportunity to teach your mentee to communicate across styles and maybe this is an excellent exercise for you as well

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If necessary, yes. But only if it isn’t actually working between you.

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