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ОглавлениеAre you feeling less than certain about the path forward in your career? Are you wondering if you really have what it takes to reach your goals? Are you wondering what your goals should be? Then perhaps it’s time you found a mentor.
Maybe you answered all the above questions with a resounding, “No!” If so, perhaps it’s time you became a mentor.
The Business Hall of Fame is filled with the names of people who discovered that finding a mentor made all the difference in reaching success, as well as the names of leaders who attained greatness by mentoring others. You can be in that good company.
Most people agree that having a mentor is a good thing, but they don’t know how to find one or use one. And while most agree that being a mentor is a good thing, they don’t think they have the time or skills to do so.
That’s why we wrote this book: to give readers simple knowledge and easy-to-use tools to find and leverage mentoring relationships.
No matter what kind of mentoring you get involved in—new hire, peer-to-peer, adult-to-adolescent, or cross-generational—we know that it can positively transform not only your life, but the lives of others as well.
What is cross-generational mentoring? That’s when a young person is paired with an older person, so they both can learn and grow. Ken is a leadership expert in his midseventies and Claire is a former Twitter executive in her midthirties, and that makes us a living example of the lessons we are teaching. Through our own mentoring partnership—and through others—we have personally experienced the life-changing power of this practice. That said, we do want to point out that the age spread doesn’t have to be as wide as ours for mentors and mentees to get value out of the relationship.
In One Minute Mentoring, we tell the story of Josh Hartfield, a young sales rep whose motivation is flagging, and Diane Bertman, a sales executive whose crammed schedule isn’t delivering the satisfaction it once did. As the story of Diane and Josh unfolds, readers will learn the six action steps to creating a successful mentoring relationship, as well as key insights such as:
How to find a mentoring partnership—whether you are a mentee seeking a mentor or a mentor seeking a mentee.
How to work with a mentoring partner to make the positive changes you want to see in your work and life.
How to apply succinct, One Minute mentoring advice.
How to tap into the wisdom and skills of people from all age groups and backgrounds.
Successful people do not reach their goals alone. Behind even the most independent achiever is a person or group of people who helped that person succeed. So no matter your age, we encourage you to start finding a mentor today.
We also encourage you to mentor someone else, because those who extend a helping hand to others have much to gain. In the words of an ancient Buddhist proverb, “If you light a lamp for someone, it will also brighten your own path.”
If you are ready to build a powerful mentoring relationship and watch your work and life transform, then read on!
KEN BLANCHARD
coauthor of The New One Minute Manager®
CLAIRE DIAZ-ORTIZ
author of Twitter for Good
