National Mentoring Month

January is National Mentoring Month. Today's Moving Forward Monday post celebrating January is inspired by Bruce Pulver, author of Above The Chatter, Our Words Matter.

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Mentoring is an amazing activity that benefits everyone who participates - the mentor and the mentoree.

For the Mentor

• Allows the mentor to "give back"

• Opportunity to work on active listening

• Sharing knowledge helps increase sense of self-worth

• Strengthens the mentor's interpersonal relationship skills

• Can help re-energize the mentor's career

• Increases personal satisfaction

For the Mentoree

• Increased self-confidence

• Learns how to speak up and be heard

• Practices accepting feedback in important areas, such as communications, technical abilities, change management, and leadership skills

• Improves interpersonal relationship skills

• Provides an important networking contact

At any stage in your career, you can always mentor someone less experienced and be mentored by someone who has skills or knowledge you want to develop.

So this week ask yourself... What will you offer others this month? Will you lift someone up? Will you guide them towards a year of incredible results, and allow yourself to be guided?

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