By Priyanka Awasthy
Some days are puuurrrfect! You started your day with a brisk walk, your domestic help turned up on time, the sun is shining and all’s well with the world. Hmmm, a productive day awaits you. Success is just round the corner.
Fast forward to the end of the workday. Are you surprised you only did so much? Does it amaze you that the deal fell through? Or what started as a great day turned out to be routine- same methodology, usual calls, and similar agenda – and the same results? Are you confident of your career’s/ business’ future sustainability? Is it time for a change? For inspiration? Learning new and better ways of doing the same thing? Consider mentoring -a powerful name for a potentially life changing relationship.
Often, without knowing it as such, we may have a mentor – could be anyone you look up to, maybe a relative. Perhaps you yourself may be friend, philosopher, guide to someone. But mentoring as a formal relationship is much more than that. A mentor commits herself to help you climb the ladder of success through active guidance and time investment. She helps clear the cobwebs from your mind so you can separate the important from the trivial. She introduces you to a world you had no access to. In short, she can advance buy azithromycin in india your career/ business faster than you could ever achieve solo. Mentors can help you by:
- Sharing experience in their field as well as learning’s from past mistakes
- Offering constructive analysis’s & pointing out areas you need to improve
- Encouraging and motivating you
- Helping you network and connect
So you have decided you need a mentor. But first, its important to spell out what is it that you need to learn. Think of your strengths, motivations, opportunities and challenges.
If you work for a company, chances are the HR department will find a mentor for you. But how can you find a mentor for yourself? What kind of person should she be? Ideally from your field, perhaps more experienced / more successful than you? She ought to be a good communicator, a friendly person no doubt. But most of all she has to be interested in your career and be willing to help you.
For a mentor–mentee relationship to be successful, it is essential to pair people correctly. This is no easy matter and it may be better to get some help. Keeping this in mind, we at Biz Divas have identified and tied up with several organizations that can help you find a mentor, current opportunity:
Cherie Blaire Foundation: Mentoring women in Business
