We all have a lot of mentors throughout our lives. Our first mentors are our parents – they show us what the world is and teach us how to walk, speak, express ourselves. Our mentors then become friends that are older than us, a brother, a sister, teachers in school, colleagues at work, bosses. Mentors […]
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One of the challenges of being a mentor is knowing how to best guide your mentee towards the goals they have set for themselves. Becoming comfortable with holding people accountable is a beneficial skill for leaders. Being a mentor is a great way to develop this skill while helping someone else at the same time.
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This blog provides a tool for mentors and mentees to create more structure and check-ins within their relationship if this is something the mentor and mentee want to incorporate. OneUpOneDown mentor matches are three months long. Mentor and mentees meet at least four times during this period, twice in the first month and one in
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One of the surprising realizations we’ve had since starting OneUpOneDown is that the experience of being a mentor is as valuable as being a mentee. Most people think that mentorship is primarily for the benefit of the mentee. However, this is not the case. It’s a rich learning and joyful experience for both mentor and
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The following video sets out the simple steps you’ll need to take in order to be ready to be matched with a mentor or mentee. There are mandatory steps that we require in order to be able to start looking for a match for you. Be aware that you will not be matched with a
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Rebecca Caroe is a strategic marketing and the voice behind ‘Creative Agency Secrets’, a company focused on Business to Business marketing and effective copywriting. After being made redundant three times in one year during a recession, she started to approach prospective employers from the perspective of them being customers rather than employees. From here she
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One of the values OneUpOneDown is built on is lifelong learning. That is, to never assume you know, or should know, all the answers and instead seek opportunities to learn and improve. This underlying belief about learning is what Stanford researcher Carol Dweck describes as the “growth mindset”, which is contrary to the “fixed mindset”.
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Meet Swathi Suman, a former architect and current founder of an agriculture startup based in the Netherlands. She joined OneUpOneDown to be connected with other entrepreneurial women, to gain and share a different perspective on how to build ventures. We love her practical advice for maintaining balance, not getting stuck, and the experience she’s shared
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We all have emotions, no matter who we are or how well we have trained ourselves to manage them. They come and go, all the time. What sets people apart is their ability to understand their emotions, see them for what they are and respond accordingly. The Observer and the Reactor are two different states
The Observer vs. the Reactor. Which is your default state? Read More »
We’re excited to announce the launch of our new web app! ???? Now mentors and mentees can create their profiles, update and prioritise the tags that describe the experience they have or want to gain and access the mentorship training materials we have available. We have exciting features planned for the future to help mentors
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