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The Sixth Element of Great Managing; Why are mentors such a powerful influence on their proteges? "Human see; human do" is a fundamental part of our wiring.(12: The Elements of Great Managing)(Excerpt)

Byline: Rodd Wagner and James K. Harter Adapted from 12: The Elements of Great Managing (Gallup Press, December 2006)

Synopsis: Why are mentors such a powerful influence on their proteges? "Human see; human do" is a fundamental part of our wiring, write the authors of the New York Times bestseller 12: The Elements of Great Managing.

One of the most powerful discoveries about how humans understand the world around them came about by accident. In the early 1990s, a group of researchers led by Dr. Giacomo Rizzolatti, a neuroscientist at the University of Parma in Italy, placed small electrodes in the brains of monkeys near the regions of the brain responsible for planning ...

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