Is there value in Mentor's?

I have had the benefit from having a mentor and various stages in my career and continue to have numerous mentors even now that I run my own business Advance your Wellbeing, in fact it is even more important now because when you run your own business it can be a lonely journey unless you have those supportive people around you.?

A mentor is a person with an increased knowledge or experience in a particular field then the mentee. This is regardless of age or gender. A mentor often takes a holistic approach to providing support in numerous areas to the mentee. You do not need to have a qualification to become a mentor but a passion to help others is vital. You can have a mentor in your personal life or in a business setting. A great book to read is, The Mentoring Manual:Step by step guide to being a better mentor by Julia Starr or the Mentoring Mindset: Skills and tools by Anne Rolfe

What is mentoring?

This relationship is about supporting you to increase in confidence and empower the mentee to gain additional knowledge and take ownership of their own development.

What is mentoring?

1. ?Someone who can provide advice on personal development or knowledge-based skills.
2. Active listener, someone with excellent communication skills.
3. Someone who has got the T-shirt, been there, done that. It is useful to understand different peoples insights into how they overcame challenges and turned them into positive learning experiences
4. Someone who encourages you to do self-reflection. How else can you become more self-aware?
5. A non-judgemental sounding board, to aid the creative process it's useful to bounce ideas around. Sharing ideas can help you improve on what your original thought process was. Finding better solutions or new innovation
6. Introduction to networks and contacts. Diversity can help enrich your ideas and perspectives. Along with the possibility of new opportunities.
7. Empowerer. By mentoring someone you are there to encourage responsibility and accountability. You as the mentor are facilitating the process.
8. Give career advice. This can be through looking at your weaknesses or areas for development and most importantly your strengths.

Mentoring or Coaching: It is important to note that a coach and a mentor fulfill different functions. So it is worth putting some thought into what role you need to support you. It could be that you want one or both roles are what is needed. So in answer to my title: Is there value to Mentor's? Yes absolutely there is.

If Marie Jenkins can help you to learn more about Mentoring or if you want to book her as your mentor then get in touch on tel 07583474539 or email [email protected]