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Executive Mentoring – Salient Points
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Executives are increasingly surrounded by forces they cannot control.
Executives recognize the value of honest, objective feedback and use mentors to sustain and further their success.
Everyone has room to improve.
Executives operate in vacuum, cannot discuss performance issues openly with colleagues and in-house forum.
Rapidly growing complexities in managing people and businesses are hastening skill- obsolescence creating performance fatigue, inertia and menopause. Mentoring provides fresh perspectives and is rejuvenating.
The demands of sustaining and improving performance are severe, so is the ensuing stress – it is a majorm challenge to be at best while under constant pressure and without a coping mechanism in place.
A mentor provides a coping-mechanism, an objective sounding board and a reality check, enabling executives to be at their optimum to get the best out of themselves, team and environment.
Gains of Mentoring process are many. As a minimum, the process provides:
Effective and confidential opportunity to discuss key issuesA sounding board for “de-clogging of mind” and “out- of- box” discussions
Elevated confidence plus clarity and enhanced motivation to look ahead and anticipate future challenges and opportunities
Personal and executive development thru Improved knowledge and skills
Aligning personal goals with the role requirements
Exposure to new ideas, insights and fresh ways of thinking
Reduced stress and life - work balance