Open AccessThe Qualities and Impacts of a Great Mentor—and How to Improve your own Mentoring
Author(s) -
Grogan Paul,
Eviner Val,
Hobbie Sarah
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the bulletin of the ecological society of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2327-6096
pISSN - 0012-9623
DOI - 10.1890/0012-9623-94.2.170
Subject(s) - stewardship (theology) , session (web analytics) , subconscious , ecology , engineering ethics , sociology , environmental ethics , psychology , political science , engineering , biology , law , computer science , medicine , philosophy , alternative medicine , pathology , politics , world wide web
Most of the presentations in this session have or will focus on Terry’s direct contributions to science— the new perspectives, the advances in our understanding of ecology. Here, my coauthors Val Eviner, Sarah Hobbie, and I want to focus on Terry’s indirect contributions to science through his mentoring of the next generation of ecologists. Our core message paraphrases the popular song entitled “It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it. . .” It’s not just what Terry’s done; it’s the way that he’s done it.