Successful business owners understand the benefits having a great mentor. They never fail to accept that there will be something to improve on and something they can learn – hopefully from someone with better knowledge and more experience. A great mentor will be an enormous asset to your business whether it is a start-up or an experienced entrepreneurship. A mentor can guide your business through difficult new ventures and plan for future development and growth.
Is it a Priority to Have a Mentor?
The ultimate goal is to land a great mentor. You will be in a personal relationship with your mentor intimate sharing your business dreams, hopes, fears and challenges, as well as your strengths and shortcomings or weaknesses; definitely not revealed to anyone. The mentor will help you move out of your comfort zone. Expansion, hiring, changing market evaluation, marketing, social media presence could be a few of the areas the mentor will compensate for your inexperience.
7 Check Points When Organizing a Mentoring Session
- Be crystal clear on the objective of your meeting. It will be your focal point.
- Define the positive outcome you’re seeking.
- Be thoroughly prepared for the discussion.
- Follow a plan that will encourage employee participation.
- Be crystal clear of the future benefits that you are seeking from this mentoring session.
- Set the follow-up marks and time frames needed to get to checkpoints on the way achieving the goal(s).
Do you have a mentor or mentors? Was this article helpful to understand the importance of having a mentor?
Until next time,
Yours truly,
Tommy Antonopoulos, Blogger for OfficeTime
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