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2019 SpringCohortI-Corps Mentor Briefing
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The Role of Mentors• Hard to fill• Volunteering your time• Long term relationship• Powerful advocate
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The Role of MentorsWhat are your Responsibilities?
• Challenge• Keep the team on track• Discourage shortsightedness• Interpret the language of business• Hold information in confidence
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Before During After
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Relentlessly Direct Teaching
• This class pushes…may feel harsh and abrupt
• It’s designed to create immediate action in time-, resource-, and cash-constrained environments
• Pace and the uncertainty accelerate as the class proceeds
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Road to Success Has Many Turns
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Failure Modes• Over-delegation• Under-delegation
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The Role of MentorsHelp the team discover and utilize their own social network
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The Role of MentorsTeach them how to get meetings
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The Role of MentorsTeach them how to listen, not sell
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If You Don’t Listen and Learn Quickly
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The Role of MentorsTeach them how to think past the technology to the business model
Provide specific actionable advice; do not be vague
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The Role of MentorsTeach them how to Iterate and Pivot
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What’s Not the Role of Mentors• Doing all the outside building discovery• Selling when you should be listening• Innovating the business model by yourself
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Mentor Checklist• Get the team to:
o Make customer contact goals each week
• Talk to the PI & EL at least once a week• Review team weekly presentation before they present• You own identifying and correcting gaps in their business
knowledgeo Your teaching team is here to help
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Mentors Are Extensions of the Teaching Team
Welcome Aboard!!!