The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Mentors. I've used the acronym PRESENT and just wanted
to quickly go through these. You've probably covered a lot of this in your conversations,
but for those who were maybe in the mentee group, let's just go through all of that.
I think one of the most important things is to be present. You know, that you actually
do put the time aside. It's not going to be a lot of time, but that you have to be committed.
And then you'll be, you know, committing to that relationship. It's all about building
the trust and showing up as that authentic, honest person. You're there to encourage and
support your mentee, to guide them, to validate them, to hold them accountable. And really,
you need to be looking at your EQ. You know, how empathetic are you? Because empathy needs
to be one of the traits that you need to show up in your meeting as an empathetic person.
And also in an organization, a person is going to be a role model. And there's that sounding
board coming, coming through once again. And then you're going to share, you're going
to share your wisdom, your experience. You're going to share information that you know.
And why I say give advice with caution and when appropriate. We're going to talk a little
bit more about advice later. It's not going in straight with advice. It's doing all the
other things like listening and questioning first, before you go into advice. Because
remember the advice you give may not be the correct advice. You may not have the full
details of that person's business or situation. So you need to be very cautious with advice.
And you're opening your network. If you feel comfortable, you're only going to open it
if trust is being built up. Otherwise, a mentor is not going to be feel comfortable opening
up their network to others. And then really exploring, being curious, asking challenging
questions, but positively challenge them. And be open to be challenged. You know, you're
going to learn from being challenged yourself as a mentor and you in it because you want
to learn as well. You want to give back, but you also want to get something out of it.
So to be open to be challenged. And then non-judgmental. Really have an open mind, a growth mindset
that you are a lifelong learner. You're willing to learn. And it's all about two-way feedback.
It's not just about you giving feedback. It's the mentee giving feedback too. So asking
for feedback, giving feedback, and open to feedback.