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Speaking at the Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce on Business Mentoring. Behind every good leader has been a greater mentor. But understanding thatrelationship between mentor and mentee is not easy. Some mentors try and make thedecisions for mentees and as a result the mentee never grows. Some mentees choose amentor that is not challenging and forces them to make courageous strategic decisionsabout their lives and work.TRANSCRIPT
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Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce - ‘Mentoring’ 28 February 2012
Behind every good leader has been a greater mentor. But understanding that relationship between mentor and mentee is not easy. Some mentors try and make the decisions for mentees and as a result the mentee never grows. Some mentees choose a mentor that is not challenging and forces them to make courageous strategic decisions about their lives and work. There are some fundamental rules about the relationship and these are discussed below.
MentoringMentoring
• Strategic understanding• Based on historical understanding of business,
people and change• Wisdom
Mentee
• Understanding of ‘me’, different to the perception of ‘me’
• Unaware of potential conflict between ‘real me’ and business DNA
• Inclined to be linear ‘need’ - tactical
The Gap
• Mentoring allows clear perception of who is ‘me’ and corporate DNA
• Real me and ‘instinctive decision making’ The decision making that is both genetic and learnt which is unmeasured and unknown - respecting mistakes
• Links capabilities to engagement and change
The Kodak Conundrum
• Made money simple, cheap products and downstream product
• R+D developed digital camera and burned it• Now Chapter 11 (bankruptcy)• Where was the mentor?
Struggle for Mentors• Learning the organisational DNA of Host and key
managers...understanding the island and the fit• Gaining understanding of mentee ‘instinctive
decision making’ (who is our mentee, what makes them tick?)
• Building the bridge between who the mentee is, who they need to be, areas of growth and capability of the ‘business island’ - do they belong?
Strategic Insight Plan• Making mentee fit on the island• Living values• Capability for role• True delivery on meaningful KPI’s
Mentor• Petrol not steering!
What is Petrol?• Emotional• Capability• Strategic rather than tactical
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