business mentoring

2010 NZPPA Seminar

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Introduction

Definition

Mentor

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.

Winston Churchill

Introduction This brief presentation is designed to help you understand the possible benefits of business mentoring to you and your practice. It also provides some defintion to the differences between mentoring, advising, coaching and consulting.

What it isn’t

Process

Contract

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Summary

Where to go

Also referred to as the Protégé, the process of pairing mentor and mentee begins with the latter realising a need

Definition

In Greek mythology, Mentor was a friend

and trusted counselor of Odysseus.

When Odysseus left for the Trojan War he

placed Mentor in charge of his son

Telemachus and of his palace.

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Mentor The successful fit as your business mentor has a set of skills ;

• Experience

• Communication Skills

• Constructive Challenger

• Empathy

• Listening Skills

• Honesty

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Successful mentoring requires both parties

to be jointly responsible for a successful

outcome. To know that you’ve achieved this,

you need a ‘contract’ and you need a ‘plan’

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What is isn’t • Coaching

• Process of inquiry aimed

towards self problem solving

• Advisory

• Professional Advisor in a specific

business area

• Consultant

• A paid hired hand responsible for

a specific portfolio

• A silver bullet!

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Process • Prospective Mentors

• The Joint Venture

• Due Diligence

• Structure

• Exit

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The Contract

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The mentor

• Trust and Mutual Respect

• Share knowledge & experience

• Provide information,

resources, advice and

information

• Open their network

• Be constructive

• Help define and achieve goals

The mentee

• Prepared to listen

• Prepared to be open

• Be committed to the process

and the plan that you have

devised with your mentor

• Be responsible

• Be objective

• Be focused – on goals


Where to go • Professional Body

• Business Network

• Business Mentors New Zealand

• The Market

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Summary • Impetus

• Finding the mentor

• A Joint Venture

• Structure

• Commitment

• Exit

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