Being mentorable is the first step in any successful mentoring relationship. By cultivating self-awareness, openness to feedback, curiosity, and a sense of ownership over your growth, you set the stage for impactful, transformative mentoring. Are you ready to take charge of your development?
Mentoring is often hailed as a key to unlocking potential and achieving career goals in the professional world. We all crave that wise guide, a beacon of experience ready to illuminate our path. But this equation isn’t quite so one-sided as most believe it to be. At The Human Edge, we know that successful mentoring […]
Frustrated by Stagnant Leaders? Let’s face it, leadership development programmes can feel like a treadmill. You pump in resources, yet your high-potential talent remains stuck, hesitant to push beyond the familiar. It’s like staring down a room full of promising leaders who seemed content to coast in their comfort zone. It is an all too […]
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Being an entrepreneur is a challenging journey filled with uncertainty and risk. Startups typically have limited resources and must operate in a highly competitive environment, making it difficult to establish a foothold in the market and attract customers. Additionally, entrepreneurs often lack a supportive environment or access to networks and resources, which can make the […]
The Leaders in Innovation Fellowship (LIF) programme implemented by the Royal Academy of Engineering built in a mentoring component to a structured business programme dedicated to entrepreneurs with the aim of supporting researchers and innovators in the engineering space to commercialise their engineering-based innovations that address one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Find out more about this programme.
When Blandine Melis and Jamal Hamzeh, two environmental leaders working in Cape Verde and Lebanon respectively, joined the MAVA Leaders for Nature Academy in 2020, they couldn’t have imagined the impact it would have on their personal and professional lives.
Here are some of the key takeaways from the mentoring pair.
In 2019 Mowgli Mentoring had been commissioned to deliver the Imarisha Programme, supporting 72 entrepreneurs based in Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa. The programme ran during the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic and revealed the value and impact of mentoring in an accelerated and glaring way.
The oxford definition of a mentor is ‘an experienced and trusted adviser.’ If you had an effective mentor in the past or at the moment, then you know that this definition doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of who a mentor is or what they can bring. In this article, we will unpack the common misconceptions of who a mentor is and the kind of value you can get from effective mentoring.
Mentoring is trust-based. It is a safe intervention because there is no conflict of interest, and as a mentor, your willingness to help is the only motive. Abdulrahman Sawafeh.
