On the basis of professionals’ experiences and on the conclusion of academic research, the authors evaluated the framework of finding, obtaining, and providing advice. At the beginning, the note discusses the advantages and expenses of advice-seeking and advice-providing. It then describes and evaluates four related exercises: advising, counseling, coaching, and mentoring. The note then narrates basic steps or stages in the process of advising; every step is analyzed from both advice-finders and advice-providers view. At the end, it provides the suggestions to work on, outlines various pitfalls to avoid while finding, obtaining, and providing advice along with a few effective practices and directions to follow.
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