5. Did You Know - The word
itself was inspired by the
character of Mentor in
Homer's Odyssey!
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Fun Fact
6. “Mentorship is a personal
developmental relationship in which
a more experienced or
knowledgeable person helps to
guide a less experienced person.”wikipedia
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The Definition
15. Let’s Do Mentoring
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• Programme Started In Staffordshire in 2006
• End 2013 Review:
A. 200+ successful “interventions”
B. Over 100 jobs created or safeguarded!
• North Staffs focus initially - now County Wide
• Now funded by ERDF
16. The Team
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• John Thompson
• Leila Green
• Ann Steele
!
• + Rest Of Chamber’s Business Services Team
• & 100+ Mentors
Social Media - Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc.
17. The Marketing Spiel
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• SME based in Staffordshire? Our mentoring scheme could be for you.
• Whatever stage of your business - you can benefit from having a mentor.
• Primary role of a mentor is to provide support and guidance to businesses.
• Mentor provides the conduit for the transference of skills and knowledge.
• Mentoring provides you with non-judgmental support based on your situation.
• Less of a formalised professional relationship and more of a partnership.
Mentors sign up because they have a wish
to share their extensive skills and
knowledge to give something back to the
people and to the area they live in.
19. The Why
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• Mentors have often suffered same experiences you’re going through!
• They will look to share their wisdom with you based on their experiences.
• They will listen to your issues and encourage you to generate solutions
and create strategies which will help your business to flourish.
• Many commercial disciplines that can be addressed including:
1. Sales and Marketing
2. Social Media
3. Funding
4. Finance
Plus many more!
21. Role Of The Mentor
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• Consistency
• Providing honest feedback
• Help set goals / tasks / targets
• Empowering solutions
• Practical help wherever possible
• Honouring limits and boundaries but keeps pushing them
• Listening - is hard but advice is easy
We could all use more listeners in the world!
23. Is It For Me?
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• It’s your job, not your mentor’s job.
• Think commitment, not lip service.
• Show up for the relationship.
• Give back and get (more) back.
• Keep expectations realistic.
• Risky (but healthy).
• Don’t be afraid of your mentor’s silence.
24. What Do We Cover
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Sales Marketing Networking
Social Media Finance Resourcing
Governance Operations Accounting
Tax HR etc etc
27. The Ask
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• SME based in Staffordshire?
• Our mentoring scheme could be for you!
• Whether pre-start, start-up or existing business you
can benefit from having a mentor.
• Is thisYou or SomeoneYou Know?
• We want successful “interventions” not half-hearted
attempts - don’t do it if you don’t want the help!
28. And In Conclusion
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• Mentoring Rocks!
Wish I had a Mentor when I first started!
• Ask a Mentee about it - could it work for you?
• Contact us
• Look out for us on
Social media and share our successes.