We are now into the final months of 2024 and for many of us, this signals the budget round and thinking about our people strategy.
It will shortly be 2025 and many have a planning horizon up to 2030, anticipating what their people needs might be.
During June 2024, leading up to the Coach Mentoring Ltd 20th Anniversary on the 29th June 2024, our wonderful team will be presenting a series of webinar seminars where we talk about our passions and celebrate our team energy, love of learning, collaboration and desire to put a dent in the universe! I am so grateful to these amazing consultants and their infectious generosity in providing such a diverse range of high quality learning to everyone as part of our 20th Anniversary celebrations!
Organisations can use mentoring to step-up and take the lead on climate change now, rather than wait for governments to impose regulations, which will be too late! The biophysical underpinnings of our world are all threatened by accelerating climate change and the speed and scale of sustainability efforts have been inadequate to date.
When I ask people to describe their current mentoring relationship, or a past mentoring experience, I find it fascinating how much the depth of these mentoring relationships can vary. So let’s explore the diversity of learning richness that can occur in mentoring relationships and whether mentoring is just a nice chat, or a conversation with a purpose?
I am still glowing with pride that I ran the London Marathon last week. Yes, I was very slow — 5 hours and 8 minutes to be precise! However, it is 19 years since I last ran a marathon, I am over 60 and have had three major operations since 2019, so I am actually thrilled with my result.
Happy New Year, we hope that 2022 is healthy and fulfilling for you all! Every year Coach Mentoring Ltd. briefs many hundreds of mentors and mentees in how to get the best out of their mentoring relationships. Join Lis Merrick for some free bite-size sessions to help you optimise your own mentoring skills and knowledge. It’s a great way to sample a taste of what we might offer your organisation’s mentors and mentees! Continue reading
Organised by Youth Business International, this is the 9th International Days of Mentoring event held virtually across three days. This year’s mentoring days are open to more than 50 countries and held in English and Russian with simultaneous translation. Focussing on mentoring in entrepreneurship, each day features a mentoring masterclass from mentoring experts Bob Garvey, Auriel Majumdar and Lis Merrick.
It is really critical to have clear focus in a mentoring relationship. Otherwise, it will simply turn into a series of nice conversations, with no real learning or development. In developmental mentoring, setting direction is the mentee’s responsibility with the support and encouragement of their mentor. Generally, mentees have an idea of what they would like to work on, but the mentor needs to provide support to develop this further. Continue reading
