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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Mentors. I've used the acronym PRESENT and just wanted

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to quickly go through these. You've probably covered a lot of this in your conversations,

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but for those who were maybe in the mentee group, let's just go through all of that.

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I think one of the most important things is to be present. You know, that you actually

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do put the time aside. It's not going to be a lot of time, but that you have to be committed.

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And then you'll be, you know, committing to that relationship. It's all about building

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the trust and showing up as that authentic, honest person. You're there to encourage and

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support your mentee, to guide them, to validate them, to hold them accountable. And really,

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you need to be looking at your EQ. You know, how empathetic are you? Because empathy needs

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to be one of the traits that you need to show up in your meeting as an empathetic person.

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And also in an organization, a person is going to be a role model. And there's that sounding

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board coming, coming through once again. And then you're going to share, you're going

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to share your wisdom, your experience. You're going to share information that you know.

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And why I say give advice with caution and when appropriate. We're going to talk a little

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bit more about advice later. It's not going in straight with advice. It's doing all the

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other things like listening and questioning first, before you go into advice. Because

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remember the advice you give may not be the correct advice. You may not have the full

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details of that person's business or situation. So you need to be very cautious with advice.

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And you're opening your network. If you feel comfortable, you're only going to open it

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if trust is being built up. Otherwise, a mentor is not going to be feel comfortable opening

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up their network to others. And then really exploring, being curious, asking challenging

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questions, but positively challenge them. And be open to be challenged. You know, you're

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going to learn from being challenged yourself as a mentor and you in it because you want

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to learn as well. You want to give back, but you also want to get something out of it.

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So to be open to be challenged. And then non-judgmental. Really have an open mind, a growth mindset

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that you are a lifelong learner. You're willing to learn. And it's all about two-way feedback.

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It's not just about you giving feedback. It's the mentee giving feedback too. So asking

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for feedback, giving feedback, and open to feedback.