Focus Confidence Momentum

One reason people need coaching and mentoring is that they are constantly being buffeted by unexpected and unplanned events, interruptions and new desires. Most executives can control themselves, their actions and their agendas but it needs a lot of ruthlessness, impulse control and interpersonal skill to do it well. A mentor can provide energy to help control and, possibly, benefit from a vibrant environment.

If you are a mentor and your mentee needs you to give them energy to stay on track; here are three ideas for you.

a] Plan with them and reinforce their plan every time you meet. Nothing holds off distractions as much as a well founded and remembered plan. In planning, focus on the ‘kinds’ of actions your mentees will take and will not take. Two lists, so they can focus on the ‘will do’s’.

b] Help then see the half full part of the glass i.e. be an optimist that what they want to do can be done. Identify a role model.

c] Then ‘cheerlead’ them to success. This is when you remind them that they can do it because they’ve seen it in their objectives and they’re optimistic it can be done.