How to ask someone to be your mentor
Mentorship has a big impact on workplace wellness and productivity. Nine in 10 workers, 91%, who have a career mentor say they are happy in their jobs.
What if someone else is in charge?
Tweet Sometimes you realise that someone else is in charge of your mentee, it can be your boss, wife/husband, friends or family. When you confront your mentee you have two different possibilities: He or she admits it or they don´t. In either way you as a mentor has a problem. The best way is to …
How to get most of your mentor
Tweet It’s a good question and I’m sure everyone already figured out that I am a huge believer in the value of mentors. So I have three simple tip. Be sure to get the right mentor. Before you find a mentor take the time to find out why you want a mentor and what you …
Being a good coach is it the same as being a non-directive coach?
Tweet In my mentoring sessions I some time feel that giving advice or almost instructive, is the right way to go, but other feels that is wrong. And for coaching is also the same, when you are talking about directive and non-directive coaching. Coach training programmes usually focus strongly on teaching the skills of non-directive …
The right question is the core of mentoring
Tweet The way forward towards your goals and your truth goes through questions. ‘Magic’ in mentoring is the art of asking questions. Through questions should you look for and articulate what is true for you, and insight – because it comes from within.
National Mentoring Month
Tweet You might suspect that mentoring works. It’s common sense, right? But, did you know that there is research to prove that quality mentoring can help young people stay in school and avoid substance use and delinquency? That formal youth mentoring programs can promote positive outcomes, such as improved self-esteem, social skills and career development? …
Getting the Most out of Mentoring
Tweet I strongly believe in the power of mentoring in developing leaders. During my years with mentoring I have found that there are things you can, as a mentee, can do to get the most out of the mentoring sessions. I have developed a MENTOR-model: M – meet E – explore N – needs and …
The Mentor´s way Rule #5 – Balance Empathy and Action
Tweet By Rik Nemanick, Ph.D. As trust grows between a mentor and a protégé, the mentor will notice a change in the types of issues the protégé wants to discuss. The issues often become more complex, demanding, or recurring. Because of their more challenging nature, they usually also are more emotionally charged. In fact, this …
The Mentor´s way Rule #4 – Good Questions Beat Good Advice
Tweet by Rik Nemanick, Ph.D. Often when we think of mentors, we think of people who dispense wise advice. After all, your mentor is someone who has more experience than you and can give you guidance on what to do. Many mentoring partnerships begin with a piece of sound advice that helps establish a mentor’s …
The Mentor´s way Rule #3 – Create a Safe Place
Tweet by Rik Nemanick, Ph.D. Many mentors think their primary job is to give advice to their protégés. While advice can be an important tool of mentoring (although not as powerful as asking questions as we’ll see in the next rule of mentoring), the mentors that are most successful focus on building trust with a …