Dr. Ruth Gotian and I were delighted when The Financial Times Guide to Mentoring was announced as the runner-up in the Leadership Book of the Year category in The Institute of Leadership awards last month.
When you're struggling with the big tasks, how can you build the habit needed to start doing things regularly and effectively without having to think about it?
Mentoring needs an updated approach to be truly transformative.
Not everyone will get it straight away; don't let that put you off...
It's nice to be told how good we are at something, but resting on your laurels won't move you forward. Of course, it's important to keep doing the right things well, but if we want to improve we also need to be told what we can do better...
In the next lesson from 25 years of networking and professional relationships, I reflect on how it's important to keep connected with people.
Bernard Savage, director of Size 101⁄2 Boots, a specialist business development agency that helps professional services firms improve the bottom line, reviews The FT Guide To Mentoring.
The Association of Business Mentors (ABM) have just published a new study on the impact of professional business mentoring on business owners - and the stats speak for themselves.