Are you ready to be a mentor? No? Well get ready we need you. Change a life.
The word mentor comes from a character in Homer’s epic tale, The Odyssey named Mentor. He was a trusted friend of Odysseus and an advisor. During the Trojan War, Mentor served as counsel to Odysseus’ son Telemachu.
[callout]This episode originally appeared on the Family Before Fortune Podcast which is now the Modern Leadership Podcast. To listen to Modern Leadership click here. To see the Family Before Fortune Podcast archive click here.[/callout]
What does it mean to be a mentor? What do you do?
- A trusted advisor
- Advocate
- Educator- teacher
- Guide
- Developer
Episode Summary: Be a Mentor, Change a Life
10 ways to be a better mentor
- Approach every mentee differently
- Respect must underlie each approach
- Set expectations in the beginning and set them together
- Be involved- have a genuine vested interest
- Vision for the future
- Active listening
- Know when to just listen- not advise
- Help navigate- not map out
- Become better through real life experience and practice
- Lead by example
- Have fun
- Ask questions- don’t make assumptions about your mentee
- You may have to dig
- Your life isn’t perfect and neither is your mentoring
- Be honest about mistakes you’ve made
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[callout]The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey[/callout]
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[shareable cite=”John Buchan” text=”The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people… #quote”]The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already [/shareable]
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