I wanted to grow my business, but I did not know how to go about it, until a friend mentioned business mentoring and coaching. He explained that business mentoring/coaching would increase productivity in the workplace, increase team unity, decrease feelings of isolation, increase business and personal confidence, and ultimately increase profits, to name but a few of the benefits. I was interested in the benefits as soon as he had told me, but I wasn’t too sure on the term, so I had to resort to a dictionary for an explanation: business mentoring and coaching is “a form of teaching that includes walking alongside the person that is being taught and inviting him or her to learn from the mentor’s example.”
I decided to look into business mentoring and coaching in greater detail and discovered that it is a deliberate transitional process, executed to help businesses achieve their full potential, by working on their knowledge bank, work procedures and thinking ideologies. Business mentoring and coaching is a high end learning initiative which can be extremely focused or generic, depending upon the organisation’s needs and existent practices. Wow! That sounded very formal, so I decided to discuss the situation with my friend. First of all he explained about mentoring. A mentor is the driver of the mentoring process. Success of any mentoring exercise weighs heavily on the skills of the selected mentor, and it is important to understand their role: the business mentor is a motivational cum guiding energy, responsible for pushing the learners enough to perform as per the expectations. They would be well aware and experienced on the various systemised business coaching and mentoring techniques, which would be used to nurture the talent of the leaner.
He then went on so say a typical mentoring process would require the mentor to: pose questions to help the learner explore his thought process, desires and skills to accomplish the envisaged; bestow a vision and a path to commence the journey; listen, observe and then reach viable conclusions with respect to the trainee’s mindset; encourage participation – business mentoring is a two way process and therefore requires the mentor to stimulate reaction from the learner; select from among the various mentoring techniques and use the most appropriate combinations. He said the description he had just given was an encapsulation of the many facets to a near perfect business coaching and mentoring process.
As my friend was explaining the process, I thought that I could save myself some money and do the business mentoring and coaching in-house as an economical proposition. I put forward this suggestion to him, and it was immediately knocked down. He said business mentoring and coaching requires an expert approach.
So I asked him, how do I choose the best business mentoring/coaching service? He explained an ideal business mentor would have strong experience with the Office of Government Commerce’s (OGC) Best Practice methodologies, and the training program would combine a variety of tools and techniques that had been tested over years. He said the company he used understood the pertinence of communication throughout the mentoring process and arranged for one-to-one training sessions, group workshops and briefings, remote support and post project reviews. Also the calibre of the training consultants needed to be assessed: had the company recruited the training consultants to ensure they would help the trainee work out their specific training needs; configure the training program to meet the defined training needs; are they suitably equipped to evaluate post training results, and are they qualified enough to infuse the requisite improvements at any stage; and are the trainers continuously trained on training standards and apprised with the latest procedures? He said that was the criteria he had used for choosing his business mentoring/coaching company and he strongly advised I do the same.
When I look at everything his business has achieved since his company has undertaken business mentoring and coaching, I know I will be following suit.
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Does anyone want to be my business mentor?I am thinking of starting my own business, and I want a mentor. I am looking for someone that started on a shoestring budget, because that is how I will be starting.
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I really enjoyed this video. It was well made and inspiring.
Regards,
Steve
Now that’s a great way for us Texans to see what Scotland really looks like first hand. Thanks for sharing that with us Mark. You did an excellent job. Hope to visit some day….
Well what can I say, I’m a New Zealander living in Australia. I havent heard this song in at least 30 years. Its amazing how you just remember the words. I even had a sing along. Cheers
Hello! I have a clothing company that I started from scratch. I had a shoestring budget but with a lot of hard work and creativity I've become successful
http://www.PoisonAppleShirts.com
It all depends on what you want to do. There are many businesses you can start that require little capital. Find out what your talents are and build your business around that.
If you don't have a lot of money to start, the best resources you can have is a good network of contacts. What made my business successful was that I was able to make lots of friends using Myspace and Livejournal. Once I had lots of connections my friends spread the word and my business expanded.
People are always willing to help each other out if you're nice to them
If you have any questions for me you can contact me and I'll answer them to the best of my abilities.
~Mark Lim
http://www.PoisonAppleShirts.com
There is a non-profit group called SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) in most major cities. They exist to help mentor people who want to start their own business. They will not finance you themselves, but should be able to help you decide what financing is right for you and prepare you to get it. You can find them on the web at http://www.score.org.
So, this is the famous Loch Lomond that we’ve sung about all our lives…beautiful!
Cool, like this!
good luck
Thanks for sending me this link. I love the song, (I have a beautiful dog named Bonnie) & I loved the scenery. I have to say with respect though…the videoing is a bit wild
Cheers Toni
Mentors can be found at SCORE.org. But you really need to take steps to clean your credit. Not many organizations that finance are going to accept bad credit on your portfolio when its time to look at a loan. I've been working on cleaning up my credit as well and notice what a great stride I've managed since Feb 2008. Credit scores increase for every 100 dollars you clean up. Business grants aren't going to be released just to anyone, so its worth repairing your credit at this time. Set yourself a time goal and contact those creditors and get a "settlement" letter. Pay the amount(ask for a pay plan) you can handle and they usually work with you.
This is my advice from one woman business starter to another sister.
Network, network and network.
Be active in your community business organizations. Attend seminars and conferences. Talk with people, especially the successful ones in your field.
There are several places where you may be able to find a mentor:
- Government Mentoring Programs such as SBDCs, which works with community colleges and local business development councils to offer mentoring programs http://www.sba.gov/sbdc/sbdcnear.html ; or the Women's Network for Entrepreneurial Training http://www.sba.gov/womeninbusi.....ables.html
- Volunteer programs such as SCORE http://www.score.org which is composed of mostly retired executives and entrepreneurs
- Formal mentoring programs such as Athena Foundation http://www.athenafoundation.or.....links.html , Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program http://www.helzbergmentoring.org/HEMP/ , or The Aspen Institute MicroMentor Program http://www.micromentor.org
- Professional organizations such as the National Women’s Business Council http://www.nwbc.gov/Mentoring/programs.html
- Industry and trade associations
- Local business groups, such as the chamber of commerce
- Local chapters of business groups
Yes yes yes Mark,
I live for the lakes here in Texas. That is a beauty you have in Scotland.
Thanks,
~Bert
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Very GOOD, I liked it a lot the song was great! Your contact of has mad my day! Glad I got to see it!
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Albert Freed, D. M. N.
Where the hell is this place. Thanks for commenting on my video.
Go to score.org and in the upper left hand corner, enter your zip code. On the next screen, you will find the SCORE chapter nearest you. Call them and arrange for a free meeting with a SCORE counselor.
SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
SCORE was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA and Washington, DC and has 389 chapters throughout the United States and its territories, with 11,500 volunteers nationwide. Both working and retired executives and business owners donate time and expertise as business counselors. SCORE is America's premier source of free and confidential small business advice for entrepreneurs.
One of the best resources is SCORE. This is a non-profit run by retired executives. They want to help new businesses get started and grow. These guys live for the opportunity to get a call from people just like you.
http://www.score.org/60_guide_business_mentor.html