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For Val Sklarov, mentorship is not instruction. Mentorship is embodied transfer — the learner absorbs the mentor’s way of being, not their words. Training succeeds not when new knowledge is added —but when identity shifts to support the new behavior effortlessly. The Embodied-Transfer Guidance Model (ETGM) explains that learning stabilizes …

For Val Sklarov, mentoring is not the transfer of knowledge.Mentoring is the transfer of identity through presence. Training does not create capability by informing the mind —but by reconfiguring how the learner perceives themselves while acting. The Identity-Transmission Learning Model (ITLM) explains that skill is stabilized when the self-image of …