How to Re-Engage When You’re Dis-Engaged
Yes, you can do your job with your eyes closed and head nodding to the beat of your trendy playlists, on autopilot all the way.
Hmmm, time for a new challenge? As you contemplate that possibility, and all that a job hop could entail, you are likely feeling a little less than motivated today.
Yet, you’re a well-intentioned, “give them the best that I’ve got” kind of employee, and well, maybe feel a little guilty about the number of times you sneak a peek at the clock or fly by LinkedIn job postings.
Category: Business Mentoring
How to Overcome the “Too Structured” Mentoring Meeting
What to Do When Your Mentor Isn’t Flexible
A Look at the Rigid Mentoring Meeting
The clock strikes 2:30 p.m., second Tuesday of the month, your mentor’s office. She sits across the table from you, cup of coffee settled neatly on the coaster, and begins with the anticipated, “What would you like to talk about today?” followed by, “Did you get a chance to read the article we planned to discuss?” You’d be okay with this if it wasn’t the same
How to Overcome the “Busy Schedule” Mentoring Challenge
What to Do When Your Mentoring Meetings Keep Changing
Did you ever have a mentor who didn’t quite make it to your scheduled mentoring meetings?
Where you were going weeks without getting together because of their shifting schedule, or because they were going a hundred directions at once?
Or maybe they’d cut short the meetings you did have because of countless interruptions.
3 Essential Tips to Make Mentoring Easy
What do you think is the #1 reason people give for not being in a mentoring relationship?
If you said, “I’m too busy.” you are spot on. With work deadlines, home commitments, kids’ extracurricular events, community sign-ups, how can you find the time?
Here’s one thing to Stop Doing and one thing to Start Doing to make mentoring easy for you, save you time, and make it feel like a desirable investment, not a “have to do.”
5 Tips on How to Find the Right Mentor for YOU in 2018
To start the New Year off well, here are FIVE TIPS that will get you ready to “get mentored”…and successfully!
Before you approach a potential mentor, learn about them. What makes them strong as a mentor and leader? Who have they mentored well previously? Speak to one of their mentees to learn about their experience. A mentor will be impressed that you have done your due diligence on where they shine.
Employees, Are You Willing to Change Your Ways?
4 Ways to Make Workplace Change Welcome, not Worrisome
“Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.” —Sydney J. Harris
Isn’t that a great quote? We humans are change resistant, whether we will own up to it or not.
Just listen to others around you.
Benefits of Business Mentoring. What’s in it for YOU?
4 Key Benefits of Business Mentoring FOR THE MENTOR
You’re a mentor? Outstanding! You’re doing a great thing. And, of course you invest your time and talent into others for all the right reasons.
You care about your employees.
You want to grow leaders.
You hope to retain talent.
All good and well and, yes, mentoring
Does Your Business Mentoring Look Like This?
Three Ways Walking and Talking Will Recharge Your Business Mentoring Relationship
Your head probably doesn’t drop to the table when your business mentor yammers on about how prolific their career has been, and what you absolutely should be doing to improve yours, but the temptation to nod off is running strong.
Too many times, a mentor “hogs” the conversation or perhaps they zone out and don’t listen very well while you are talking. (Maybe