Aspirational Leadership
A few years ago I was leading a session for high potential managers in an international phone company. Before I was to speak, a senior executive from the company was asked to say a few words to the...
View ArticleBeing a Mentor – How Not to Disserve Your Mentee
When you agree to mentor another person, you offer to help someone in his/her development in the organisation. You have no agenda of your own and thus you are able to create a safe arena within which...
View ArticleBeing a Mentee – How to Benefit from a Mentoring Relationship
Congratulations. Someone has decided to be your Mentor. When Odysseus gave the task of protecting, guiding and educating his son Telemachus to his old friend Mentor, he did this knowing that Mentor...
View ArticleDifficult Conversations – Keeping Mentoring Relationships on Track
The Quality of a Relationship relies on the Quality of the Conversation. At some point in a mentoring relationship, the need for a difficult conversation will arise. Whereas every conflict is...
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