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Mentors Guide
- 1. Mentors Guide Tran Tri Dung * vebimo@gmail.com Hanoi, 09 March 2017
- 2. What is mentorship? Mentor Coach Trainer Consultant Advisor Purpose Develop problem solving capacity and leadership Guide to solve specific problems by working together Tell how to solve specific problems Solve specific problems Advise on solving specific problems Relation basis Long term Short term Short term Short term Low Voluntary Contractual Contractual Contractual Scope of work Continuously changed by mentor & mentee(s) TOR TOR TOR Defined by Advisor
- 3. Long-term and voluntary relationship Mentor helps mentee(s) develop problem solving capacity and leadership Equal and mutual benefits Mentorship is Mentor has something special, and.. There is always reverse learning
- 4. Roles of mentors • Don’t tell the entrepreneurs what to do • Why? Who? What? When? How? Listen • Provide encouragement • Mentors have something special: • Wisdom • Business network • Keep the relationship honest • Develop ground rules
- 5. How to do mentoring? • Be patient • The job of mentor is not to solve startups’ problem. Mentoring is process that builds the entrepreneurs’ problem solving capability. • Relations between a person and person(s) • Target: delta of change, even personal change • Trust and commitment • Assume you can learn something from every person • “Talk less and Ask more”. • Really, truly pay attention, don’t just act like you are • Never equate your experience with another person’s • Ask a question that goes to the heart (not the head) • An evolving process • Ground rules and disciplines • Go with the flow • Avoid traps