Want a Mentor?
A mentor is someone who:
- Is a supporter – someone with business experience who wants to help
- Helps clients to find solutions using their experience and knowledge
- Helps clients agree their business priorities & plans
- Provides encouragement and support to achieve the plans
- Helps clients develop their skills and act for themselves
- Someone who is interested and listens
- Someone you can talk to – a sounding board
- Someone who can raise issues and difficult questions and help to bring a fresh perspective on problems and difficulties
A mentor is often simply defined as a “friend in business”. A mentor is not:
- Someone who tells you how to run your business. It is your business and you are always in the driving seat.
- Someone to make difficult decisions for you
- A miracle worker with a magic wand!
- A mentor is there to help you find solutions using their experience and knowledge. They are not there to make decisions for you. A mentor is not there to run your business for you.
