Cross-industry mentoring
Why is Next Level Mentoring launching a cross industry mentoring program.
Because there is a wealth of learnings that people can gain from understanding how other industries operate.
To best explain it I want you to think of 3 concentric circles:
Your company
The inner circle is you in your company. You have been in your company a while and you know how it works.
You know who to go to when you need to solve a problem.
You know how to do your job effectively.
You understand your company’s specific culture and how to lead within that culture.
You have encountered many business and leadership challenges and know the best ways to overcome them with the tools, systems and processes available within the company.
You are comfortable within this circle.
Your industry
The next circle is your industry. Now you may not know fully how other companies within your industry work… but you have a good idea. You feel you are leading similar types of people and solving similar business issues so the processes and systems used by other companies should roughly be the same (shouldn't they?).
But you have spoken with ex-colleagues who now work in other companies within your industry, and they have said that it is different place to work with a different working culture.They mention that there are some things that they are better at while other things are not as good.
?Other industries
The final circle is all the other industries out there who are doing business. You really have no idea how they run their business and how they solve business problems.
You do know that they must have similar business and leadership issues that you experience because they all have the same common denominator; human beings… but you have no clue about the systems, processes and best practices they adopt.
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What can we learn from other industries
This may come as a surprise so brace yourself.
Other industries will do certain “things” better than your industry does… and vice versa.
How great would it be to learn what these “things” are and then bring them back to your company for the betterment of you, your colleagues and your company.
Perhaps you learn about a novel leadership initiative that you know would go gangbusters at your company.
Or a way that they run annual strategy and tactical planning sessions that seems more engaging rather than the process you currently have.
Maybe you will learn more about another industry and can start to see synergies between what your company does and what they do. A 1+1 = 3 opportunity.
Or it's just as simple as a few commonsense techniques on how to lead a diverse team.
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And so on…
It would also be great to also have regular meetings from a leader in these different industries to discuss various topics that are important to you and to get a different perspective and guidance around it. This would naturally move your own thinking to your next level.
This is why Next Level Mentoring are launching a cross-industry mentoring program.
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What is WACIMP
WACIMP is the Western Australian Cross Industry Mentoring Program. It is a transformational program that WA based businesses can enrol their leaders into to gain the benefits from having a mentor or becoming a mentor to other leaders in different industries.
Its purpose is to enable the cross-pollination of skills between industries. It ensures your company’s leaders are continuing to develop and broaden their business and leadership skills to move themselves to their next level. Further unlocking their potential will then transfer into benefits to your company.
Please visit our WACIMP page where there are more details including FAQ. You can also register your company’s interest in the program noting that this doesn’t tie you into anything beyond a phone call from us to discuss your interest further.
WACIMP introduction event.
We are also running a 30 minute Zoom introduction to WACIMP this Thursday 25th August at 12pm AWST. You can register on LinkedIn at
We look forward to seeing you there.
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This tip is for people running a mentoring program. Make it an opt-in process.
Firstly, what is the number one thing every mentor should have??
It is “the want” to mentor others. Everything else can be taught.
If a potential mentor currently doesn’t have the want to help other people thrive then they should not consider mentoring because they will not be engaged in the process. ?If they are not engaged in the process, the mentoring journey will be sub-optimal and short lived for the poor person that gets them as a mentor.
So how does this equate into a tip for running your own mentoring program?
If you are running a mentoring program, please try to make it an opt-in process for the mentors. This is where you let your people register their own interest in becoming a mentor rather than nominating people or, even worse, forcing people.
An example of forcing people to become mentors is when you put it as a barrier to promotion i.e. to be promoted to the next level you need to have formally mentored someone in the company. Having this requirement will just lead to some people registering to become mentors solely to get recognised for a promotion... to the detriment of the mentees in the program.
If you have a program full of mentors that want to help others then you are already on your way to having a successful mentoring program.
Opt-in!
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Next Level Mentoring
We hope that these newsletters are bringing you value and helps you get the most from mentoring.
If you want to know more on how NLM can help you find a mentor, become a mentor or if you want help to set up your own mentoring program then please check out our website at www.nextlevelmentoring.com.au.
Or please get in contact with me directly at:
(+61) 417 748 883