Myth:
To participate in mentoring will take too much time
Fact:
Participants report that mentoring takes less time than they expected. The key to dealing with the issue of time is effective time management.
Campus Kristiania Career days
Tomorrow I am going to Campus Kristiania in Norway and Oslo to conduct a three hours seminar in «The Big 5».
Learning the students to act as a mentor when it comes to projects and exams. I will post some more from the day, pictures and program for the whole event later.
Business Mentoring Works . . . Ask Rose
This is a very good example for a business mentors good work. For Entrepreneurs it should be an opportunity to get a mentor early in the business. They can help with a lot of things.
With her mentor’s help, Rose built a successful business loan application and qualified for the loan she needed to open the doors of her new store.
Read more here: www.micromentor.org
The Next Generations of Leaders
You will never maximize your potential in any area without coaching. It is impossible. You may be good. You may even be better than everyone else. But without outside input you will never be as good as you could be.
Strong words from Andy Stanley the author of the book «Next Generation Leader»
You can order it from www.amazon.com to read more.
The adept book
Right no I am working at my second edition for my first book, still in norwegian. But I hope it will be English/American within short time.
The book is a working book for the adept. I use the world adept, and others use protegee, mentees and maybe some other names. I use adept because it it is from the Latin language and the meaning is a apprentice.
Do you have some opinions about what is best to call the person. Please write it here at my blogg.
Reading about mentorship at Wikipedia
The first recorded modern usage of the term can be traced to a book entitled «Les Aventures de Telemaque», by the French writer François Fénelon In the book the lead character is that of Mentor. This book was published in 1699 and was very popular during the 18th century and the modern application of the term can be traced to this publication.
This is the source of the modern use of the word mentor: a trusted friend, counselor or teacher, usually a more experienced person. Some professions have «mentor programs» in which newcomers are paired with more experienced people in order to obtain good examples and advice as they advance, and schools sometimes have mentoring programs for new students or students who are having difficulties.
Today mentors provide their expertise to less experienced individuals in order to help them advance their careers, enhance their education, and build their networks. In many different arenas people have benefited from being part of a mentoring relationship, including:
- Business people – Freddie Laker mentored Richard Branson
- Politicians – Aristotle mentored Alexander the Great
- Directors – Martin Scorsese mentored Oliver Stone at New York University
- Actors – Mel Gibson mentored Heath Ledger
- Musicians – Johann Christian Bach mentored Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Athletes – Eddy Merckx (five-time Tour de France winner) mentored Lance Armstrong (seven-time Tour de France winner). Bobby Charlton mentored David Beckham
Maybe you know some famous people using a mentor?
Read more her: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentor
Myth about mentoring #5 HITTING ON THE ADEPT
Myth:
The mentor is a man and he take advantage of his position with the adept (usually a women).
The mentor is a man and he take advantage of his position with the adept (usually a women).
Fact:
There is a mutual respect and admiration, and the ethical guidelines are important.
There is a mutual respect and admiration, and the ethical guidelines are important.
Viking Weekend 2009
JCI Drammen are having people from all over europe coming for their annual «Viking Weekend». This year on Solli Farm in Asker, Norway.
I was booked for my training in «The Big Five» with persons from Polen, Latvia, Germany and Norway. I got two hours to work especially with listening, questions and feedback.
Even two hours are little time they got a preview of how it is to be a mentor and adept. They all get very curious about mentoring and maybe they would get their own mentor when they get home.
Or maybe they will try to be mentor for another person and with the knowledge from «The Big Five» you are actually able to do so. But to be a good mentor you need to practise – practise – practise…
Pictures are coming.
Absolutely the first lesson for a mentoring session
This time I have a short message, very short, but very important. This is sometthing that a mentor never, never can forget:
Start were the adept is, and if she`s nowhere, so start there…
Follow that, and you will be a good mentor.
Is your organization talking about issues like these?
I came across a company, called Perrone-Ambrose Associates and they are providing practical and impactful mentoring and coaching programs, tools, and services today for shaping the leaders of tomorrow.
They were saying that if your organization is talking about certain issues, like:
·We need to do something to prepare people for leadership positions.
·We hire and train people who then leave to work for our competitors.
·Our people come up through one part of the organization and that’s all they know.
·Our managerial and leadership ranks lack diversity.
It`s time to call for a intern mentor program. If you want to know more about mentor program send me an email on teg@trainifique.com