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Peer Resources rated one of the top 18 mentoring websites of 2011 by European mentoring expert, http://mentorguru.info/best-mentoring-blog-2011-2/
They are number two on my list of best mentoring blogs in 2011, and twittering about this.
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Training institute in Spain
Today I am leaving for Spain, Alicante, for looking at a new training facility their. I am really looking forward to it and to have a possibilities to train in Spain. Who will be the first company to sign up for a training here?
Mentor Resources
When I posted my list over the best mentoring blogs in 2011 just last week, I got a lot of attention and here is one of them. Click at the link, this is number three on the list.
http://www.mentorresources.com/blog/bid/134879/Best-Mentoring-Blogs-of-the-Year
Best Mentoring Blog 2011
When I started with mentoring back in 1999 I was reading everything I could find on the internet about mentoring and other supporting themes. I didn´t find it easy to find something and a lot of the pages was consultants who wanted money for every thing bit.
There and then I decided to by one of the few with a internet page with information about mentoring, just because I find mentoring so useful. It´s kind of mentoring to the masses…
So when I started my blog back in 2008 one of my goals was to find the best blogs about mentoring. Of course I also want to be on the list.
I started with a goal to find 25 of the best mentoring blogs, because I saw that leadership blogs have a similar competition for the 50 best leadership blog. Mentoring is a bit smaller than leadership, therefor 25. But in the end I had to narrow it down to 18.
At the same time its difficult to know which glasses to wear when looking. Am I a first timer to mentoring, a coordinator or consultants? And I know some people will have some others on the list, and that is very good. A discussion about this will only make it better.
CONGRATS TO ALL ON THE LIST!
So with some doubts present this list of «The Best Mentoring Blogs 2011».
Using one or more mentors
One mentor can help you, but maybee you should try more mentors who can broaden your perspective and grant access to new opportunities. Building your mentoring network by personal relationship and recommendations.
Identify the people you need help from to be successful in your current job and everyone who might help you advance your career. Use your current mentors to provide introductions and to fill you in on people’s backgrounds, interests, and current projects. With that information, you can make meaningful connections by offering relevant expertise or ideas, or finding other ways to assist you in your path.
This will maybe be one of your best investments of time.
How to screw up a mentorship!
In my experience people are afraid to screw up the mentorship even when I always tell them that it is actually difficult to do so. If you think mentoring is mysterious and difficult, it will be. There are no rules, except to always stay in full-attention listening mode. Sometime you teach, sometimes you mentor and sometimes just talk or spend time together.
About the only time to screw the mentorship up is
- Don´t meet often
- When you meet, don´t listen
- Don´t keep your promises
That will do it!
Any additional thing you may do, even the clumsiest effort that keeps your mentee´s best interests squarely in focus will spell sucess. If you are in a mentoring program there will always be a coordinator who will help you if you feel that you need it.
Don´t settle
Don´t settle for number two, go for the best you wanna be and the best place you wanna be…
21 Great Ways to Manage Your Time and Double Your Productivity
I am always struggling to get more productive and to get more things done in less hour. Right now I am trying Brian Tracy´s «21 Great Ways to Manage Your Time and Double Your Productivity». i would also like to share the book with you.
Like Having 48 Hour Days
How many times have you exclaimed, «There just aren’t enough hours in a day?!» 21 Ways to Manage Your Time and Double Your Productivity by Bryan Tracy will show you prioritizing your tasks can make you 2 to 3 times more productive.
21 Great Ways Double Your Productivity
21 Ways to Manage Your Time and Double Your Productivity is the fast-track to your goals and dreams.
Become Faster and Better
In this program I give you 21 iron clad methods to speed through your «to do» list and still have time to relax with your family and friends.
It’s easy to do once you start!
In this program I teach you how to:
- Double your productivity
- Speed through your «to do» list
- Overcome procrastination
- Make more money
- Spend less time at work
If you want to by the book, click here:
Feedback – Yes or No?
I had a good discussion with a coach from Erickson College (http://erickson.edu/) and we disagree on something which is very important for me. Feedback…
At Erickson College they learn that as a coach you should never give feedback – because it will lead the coach to do the same next time.
For me this is so very wrong for what I am thinking and doing as a mentor. I have feedback as one of the five tools to use as a mentor. But of course you have to be careful and discuss more about the feedback and what to bring further.
For my friend, the Erickson College coach, that wasn´t any better, but he understood what I meant . And that is a reminder that there are different methods and possibilities.
And as a mentor or coach is it important to think this trough, and find out what you would do and what suits you as a mentor or coach. There is nothing wrong about feedback, the mentee or coach is the main person her not the tool. Remember that…
Reminder on Life Plan for 2012
As a consultant within personal and professional development I get to be a part of people and their growth on both personal and professional level. I am very thankful of this and am excited every time.
When I am working with personal development, mentoring, training or other consulting business I am always looking for what others have said or done on the field. I am very humble that I am not expert on every field, and that is important for me. And then I try to implement some of their things into mine to get the best result. A consultants or trainer who don´t look at others and are doing everything out of their own head are a poor one. You don´t have to invent the wheel every time. But of course you must follow the laws and regulations on writing and what is yours and what are others.
And again I want to remind you of Michael Hyatt and his Life Plan, download it free from his site and start planning you 2012.
http://michaelhyatt.com/life-plan