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Mentoring - How To Get The Most Out Of A Mentor
Category: Expert Talk > Training & Development
A quick guide to getting the most out of your mentor.

Executive Mentoring
Category: Expert Talk > Training & Development
The day to day pressures on senior and middle management are increasing in line with the accelerating rate of technological change and market globalisation. Mentoring, closely aligned to coaching, is a method of providing managers with an opportunity to improve their performance and their lifestyle.

Mentoring And Supporting The Designated Successor
Category: Expert Talk > Succession, Mergers & Acquisitions
For most family business owners, an integral part of the succession planning process involves mentoring and providing the necessary ongoing support for the designated successor.

Campfires Of Knowledge
Category: Expert Talk > Workplace Change, Culture & Innovation
Campfires conjure up warm, safe places where story telling, camaraderie, frank conversation, and knowledge sharing can flow. Alastair Rylatt explains why igniting similarly safe spaces in the workplace is an essential management skill.

A Good Manager Has The Skills To Bring Out Staff Potential
Category: Expert Talk > Leadership & Management
Supervisory or management staff can bring out the creative and productive potential of support staff if they have specific skills.

Leaders Circle Of Influence
Category: Expert Talk > Staff Motivation, Incentives & Performance
A national survey of employees found that 85 percent of those interviewed said they could work harder in their job. More than half claimed they could double their effectiveness “if they wanted to”. Why is it that some people consistently do a great job while others are inconsistent or are consistently poor performers?

Prescription For Business Success
Category: Case Studies > Sales & Marketing
Success is a measured process. It’s about attitude not aptitude. Just ask Aaron Sangalli, joint owner and manager of the Warnbro Fair Chemist, in the outer southern reaches of the Perth metropolitan area. He is proud of being the 2004 Pfizer Quality Care Pharmacy of the Year.

A Good Manager Has The Skills To Bring Out Staff Potential
Category: Expert Talk > Leadership & Management
Supervisory or management staff can bring out the creative and productive potential of support staff if they have specific skills.

In Search Of Future Leaders
Category: Expert Talk > Leadership & Management
Filling the leadership pipeline and planning for succession ranks high on CEO priority lists. If done correctly, the grooming of leaders throughout an organisation is absolutely critical for competitive advantage, core competency and corporate distinctiveness.

Mentoring - How To Get The Most Out Of A Mentor
Category: Expert Talk > Training & Development
A quick guide to getting the most out of your mentor.

Article excerpts on "Business Mentor"

• They must be outside the power relationship
• They have developmental maturity
• They have a broad and deep experience in career & life
• They are a good communicator – can they listen?
• They are a life long learner
• They enjoy mentoring – no, it’s not another consultancy
• They work to establish & maintain rapport with the “mintee”

(from "How to get the most out of a Mentor"

A business coach can benefit a line manager in many ways including:

• Ability to put problems or opportunities to an objective, experienced manager.
• Discussions can be behind closed doors.
• The mentor will provide possible solutions based upon knowledge and experience in a mentor role.
• Advice given by the management coach will be objective.
• The line manager can make the final decision and then implement it.
• Management coaching can be used to whatever extent the line manager feels necessary.
• This is a cost effective support solution.

(from "Executive Mentoring")

The right learning is a key vehicle for development. It aims at helping people manage in the moment. The issue is to build a ‘culture of development.’ It can range from making sure emerging talent is given the right developmental activities; or accelerating development for a high performer; or support needed to help a successor make the transition; or seasoned executives given new learning to remain current; or giving others an off-shore secondment. Self-discovery and ‘learning communities’ also play a part.
(from "in charge of future leaders")

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