June 13, 2022
You work with them individually. You work with them as a team. You put in the time and effort to teach them the good, the bad, and the ugly. You coach and mentor them through every struggle and triumph. But the team only grows when you do one thing. Step back and let them run themselves.
June 10, 2022
At some point in the mentoring process, the mentor sees the problem at hand. They realize what is holding back their mentee and what needs to be done before they move forward. It’s akin to the clicking moment that many coaches experience when someone they are working with “gets it”, in this case, it’s the mentor that has realized what the problem is. The dilemma, in this case, is a back and forth conversation that happens in the mentor’s head as to whether the mentee can handle hearing what the problem is and what they need to do to solve
June 7, 2022
I now own a generator. I have avoided it for so very long, taking the hits as they come. But now I own one. And like anything with backups, I’m waiting for when I can try it out. Such is the life of backups, always waiting to be used, but never needing to be used unless it’s an emergency.
May 24, 2022
Did you accomplish what you wanted to accomplish? Even more, did you leave with the feeling that it was all worth it? Then figure out what will get you back to that feeling and make it happen. At the end of the day, you don’t want to be constantly looking back and wondering what you accomplished or why you bothered.
May 22, 2022
There is an inherent fear that if we are not there to do our job, how will people do it without us. What will happen when we go on vacation? What will happen when we leave for another opportunity? I’ll keep this simple, life will go on, you hired the people, they will be fine, if you taught them what they need to know they should do things better than you ever could. Everything will be fine and the world will keep turning.
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