What Does Business Mentoring Involve?

W H AT D O E S BUSINESS MENTORING INVOLVE?

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M A R K

L Y T T L E T O N

WHAT DOES BUSINESS MENTORING INVOLVE? Professional business mentors help the owners of early stage and growing businesses in a variety of different ways, including: •

•

Providing the benefit of their

A

knowledge and expertise to

individual, usually with extensive

inspire and motivate business

entrepreneurial

owners

experience,

Enabling entrepreneurs to share their problems and discuss them with someone who can understand and relate to their situation

•

Coaching entrepreneurs and helping them with action planning

•

Helping business owners to build their confidence, selfawareness and people skills, and enhancing their ability to deal with difficult situations

•

Helping them to overcome challenges they might otherwise struggle to get through alone

•

business

mentor

who

or

is

an

business

serves

as

a

confidante to entrepreneurs and business owners, providing them with support and advice over an extended period of time.

Friends,

family,

online

experts

and even casual acquaintances can provide entrepreneurs with a

steady

flow

of

information

regarding industry opportunities, developments

and

news.

Consultants, analysts, employees and can

networking offer

expert

contacts knowledge

regarding particular situations an entrepreneur may encounter.

However, using a business mentor provides entrepreneurs with the benefit of their wisdom on an ongoing basis, in a way that can

Providing entrepreneurs with

have a direct and positive impact

breathing space, enabling

on business growth over time.

them to focus on how to improve their performance and develop themselves

M A R K

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Using a business mentor provides entrepreneurs with the benefit of their wisdom on an ongoing basis, in a way that can have a direct and positive impact on business growth over time.

You can learn more about business mentoring by visiting the blog of Mark Lyttleton.