Five Qualities of A Good Mentor

We all need good mentors to help guide us in career and life.  Not all mentors are created equal.  There are five qualities a good mentor should have: someone you respect in the area you want mentorship on – this requires you to know in what area you want mentorship.  for example, if you want [...]

Managing Interns: Tips and Advice

I saw a set of questions on Focus.com about how to manage and mentor marketing interns.  As I used to manage and mentor lots of consultants including interns when I worked for Deloitte, I wanted to share my 2 cents.   The questions didn’t specify whether these were high school, college, or MBA interns, so [...]

How to ask someone to be your mentor?

All of us need mentors to help us grow and learn.  How to ask someone to be your mentor can be daunting.  Half of the battle is actually making sure you don’t chicken out and decide not to do it because of xyz. People are usually flattered if they are asked to be a mentor. [...]

Mentoring Model – Mutual Mentorship or Paying it Forward?

Yesterday, one of my friend sent me this article written by Steve Blank about  Mentors, Teachers, and Coaches.   I wanted to shared it with you to get your perspective.  Steve makes great distinctions about the difference between mentors vs. teachers vs. coaches.   I completely agree with this.  He says Teachers, coaches and mentors are [...]

Who do you model yourself after?

I model myself after many people.   This is because even the best role models will disappoint in one area or another and in fact I think it’s expecting too much when you model only after one person. Instead, I think it’s important to have a board of advisors – chosing 5 to 8 people [...]