What makes a mentoring relationship truly effective? Good communication and trust are important, but having clear goals can make the experience much more meaningful. Without a specific direction, both mentors and mentees may struggle to know what progress should look like or which areas to focus on. That’s where SMART goals can help. By making … Read more
We could all use mentors in our lives. A lot of successful people acknowledge the role that a mentor has played in the success they have. With the right person guiding them, they had access to information and connections that would have been impossible to have if they were doing it alone. A mentor can … Read more
Asking someone to be your mentor can be seriously overwhelming, and if you do it wrong, it can be super creepy. There’s a trick to how to ask someone to be your mentor, and it’s not a one-size-fits-all kind of situation. You have to be super self-aware, conscious of the reactions of others, and work … Read more