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A mentor can help you make the most of career opportunities and aid your personal development.

Today programme studio director Rachel Wheeley was able to see a clearer path to working in another area of radio with help from Caroline Raphael, then a commissioner at Radio 4. In this podcast they emphasise that it鈥檚 the mentee who needs to put in the hard work. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not an easy option. You do have to work quite hard. It鈥檚 not all tea and sympathy,鈥� says Caroline.

Mentoring is not a quick fix. It鈥檚 a chance to stand back and reassess your career, in search of the best direction to take. Caroline, who runs independent radio production company Dora Productions and is editorial director of Penguin Random House Audio, describes it as 鈥渓etting you see a bird鈥檚-eye view - how the organisation fits together鈥� that鈥檚 quite difficult to do unless you have some support鈥�.

Media and leadership trainer Natasha Maw, a partner at Quattrain and founding member of Sound Women, explains how to find a mentor to advise on everything from how to reach your goals to building confidence in your abilities.

Rachel is also a producer at 大象传媒 Radio Comedy and is to launch the science comedy podcast Level Up Human very soon.