Mentoring
Mentoring: A Living Legacy
Besides your family, mentoring is the best legacy you can have. I thought that this short vlog on legacy was appropriate for this month of mentoring. Who are you mentoring? What is your legacy? Whose legacy are you part of?
Read MorePeer-to-Peer Mentoring
A great friend of mine once said, “Friends are better than money.” I found this sage comment to be true. You can always make money, but how often do you make devoted friends? Because I value learning, I seek people who can help me improve as a person, which qualifies them as a mentor. This…
Read MoreMentorship: Sailing to Success
Mentorship is a means to sail to personal and professional success. Mentorship is not one ship, but a fleet of ships, all headed in the same direction. Each ship is a powerful tool alone, but collectively, Mentorship is what I refer to as the: The Leader Development Armada Armada is a fleet of warships, which…
Read MoreLifelong Learning and Mentoring
Even the most competent person cannot know everything. This is where having a mentor and becoming a lifelong learn comes in. This short audiogram from the audiobook for Inspired, Not Retired: Leadership Lessons from Father to Son, provides insights on how I transformed from just depending on having a mentor, to becoming a lifelong learner.…
Read MoreWho’s Your Wingman? The Mandate for Mentoring
January is designated as Mentoring Month by The National Mentoring Partnership, also referred to as MENTOR. MENTOR focuses on youth mentoring, which I believe is the first part of the mentoring continuum if you are fortunate enough to receive lifelong mentoring. I, however, focus more on the remainder of the continuum with academic, workplace, and…
Read MoreMyWingman, LLC: The Wingman for Every CEO
” It’s lonely at the top, but it does not need to be.” I am honored to share some thoughts in CEO Weekly on navigating the tough jobs of leadership and the CEO. No matter how well prepared you are to become a CEO, the education may not exactly align with the experience. That is…
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