Is it for You?
Is a Dormen Business Mentor one of the solutions for you and your business?
There are a number of questions you can ask yourself about your business and issues concerning its development that will help you to decide whether a Dormen business mentor is the right type of support for you and your business.
Business Needs
Q. Do you have a problem that needs advice or information, including specialist help or an area of regulation or contact details for organisations?
A. The best solution is an organisation providing advice. Business Link should be the first stop. Dormen works closely with Business Link. They provide information and advice, will diagnose the issues impacting on your business, and offer easy access to specialist business support.
Q. Do you have a problem that needs urgent support?
A. Mentoring is rarely appropriate in such cases as it is a medium to long term exercise, not a quick fix. Again the best option is probably to contact Business Link.
Q. Are you struggling with questions over the direction and future of your business and could do with a high quality sounding board?
A. Mentoring might be the solution for you.
Q. Do you need someone to work with to get your proposition into a business plan?
A. Mentoring might be the solution for you.
Q. Are you facing difficult decisions in connection with your business and could do with someone knowledgeable and experienced to talk them through with?
A. Mentoring could be the solution for you
Your Needs
Q. Would your personality allow you to work closely with another person on the detail of your business?
A. If the answer is yes, then mentoring might be the right support for you and your business needs.
Q. Can you cope with things you may not want to hear? Because they are impartial, mentors may help you to discover things about your business that are unexpected or challenging e.g. perhaps your favourite product or service is not profitable?
A. Although a mentor would help you prepare a plan to address such issues, if you would rather not discover them in the first place then probably mentoring is not right for you.
Q. Are you capable of forming an action plan with someone and sticking to your side of it?
A. If the answer is yes, then mentoring might be for you.