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A junior team member tells the project manager they want to grow into a project leadership role and asks for guidance. The project manager has capacity to help. What is the most appropriate approach?
- AEstablish a mentoring relationship with agreed goals, regular conversations, and progressively more challenging assignments.
- BRefer the member to the organization's formal training catalog and take no further action.
- CImmediately delegate a critical project deliverable to test their readiness.
- DAdvise them to gain more experience before pursuing leadership.
Explanation
Correct answer: AMentoring is a deliberate, ongoing relationship with defined goals and graduated opportunities to practice.
- A
- Correct. Agreed goals, regular dialogue, and increasing responsibility develop capability in a structured, supportive way.
- B
- A course catalog alone is not mentoring and misses the individualized guidance the member asked for.
- C
- Handing over a critical deliverable as a test risks both the project and the individual's confidence.
- D
- Discouraging an interested member wastes their motivation and the organization's talent.