Mentoring Fundamental #1: Asking, "How Can I Help?"
I have written about this topic in other posts. As such, I will be brief here. Here is the lay of the land: If you are in our Community, you are in a recruiting / organization-building business. The real asset you build is people. These people are competent, and; committed to a common mission/vision regarding our business model. You nurture competence through building relationships that are based on support and mentorship. You build commitment through others' having success and thus sticking with our business. Relationships involve communication, both formal (training) and informal (chatting). The most fundamental act of communication is reaching out to someone and asking "How can I help?" It is the responsibility of the enroller to structure the onboarding and continuing mentoring process. This process has to be thoughtful and strategic. In other words, there has to be a plan of when and what you will talk about as a business-building exercise. Then, the r...