Mentoring
Some decisions can't be made alone, not for lack of competence, for lack of a mirror.
Mentoring differs from coaching in one simple way: the mentor brings their own experience into the conversation. They are not neutral, and they don't pretend to be.
It serves people who have reached a position where there is no longer anyone to speak frankly with, founders, directors, people who became everyone else's reference and were left without one of their own.
It is years of work, not months, and it is measured in decisions made better, not in how the sessions felt.
- Check that this is it
Many people ask for mentoring when they need coaching, and the other way round.
- Set the rhythm
Regular and long. The value is in continuity.
- Bring the real decisions
Not the hypothetical ones. The ones on the table this week.
- Review every six months
So it doesn't become a comfortable, useless habit.
And when you are the one everyone else looks to?
There are moments when what is missing is neither information nor competence. It is someone from outside with whom you can think without filters. If you have important decisions on the table and feel the lack of that space, we can talk.
Coaching
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Teams and organisations
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