PRMIA mentor connect
by Adam Lindquist Mentoring is not a new idea. When you were growing up and your parents or other older adults taught you a skill, you were being mentored by them, often through valuable hands-on learning. Most successful leaders credit mentors for helping guide their success. Bill Gates considers Warren Buffet a critical mentor to his success and helping him understand the importance of larger contributions to the world. Sir Richard Branson said of his seeking out his Mentor Sir Freddie Laker, the airline mogul, to help him get his airline off the ground, “Understandably there’s a lot of ego, nervous energy and parental pride involved, especially with one- or two-person start-ups…Going it alone is an admirable, but foolhardy and highly flawed approach to taking on the world.” If these recognized leaders are continually seeking mentors, you should too. We all have been mentored in our lives but only a few of us have participated in a formal mentoring program. It can seem intimidating, but it shouldn’t be and isn’t with PRMIA Mentor Connect.
defining your role mentor or mentee? When you register for PRMIA Mentor Connect, you need to define your role. Are you someone who is a leader looking to help guide and develop a peer as a mentor, or are you someone hoping to develop skills and perspectives as a mentee? Are you looking for technical or soft skills help that could best be provided by a peer who understands our industry? Perhaps you’re both! The first step is to define what role you seek and register into the program with a clear understanding of what you want to accomplish.
finding success with a mentor Harvard Business Review published an article on mentoring we feel does a great job of identifying what makes a mentoring relationship successful. But we expanded on it from feedback from the PRMIA Mentor Connect program.
Intelligent Risk - July 2019
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