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Mentorship: A Practice to Develop BRAVING Skills

Mentorship is a powerful tool for personal and professional development, offering a rich environment for building and refining trust through the BRAVING Inventory framework. BRAVING, an acronym coined by Brené Brown in her book “Dare to Lead,” outlines seven essential components of trust: Boundaries, Reliability, Accountability, Vault, Integrity, Non-judgment, and Generosity. Let’s explore how mentorship […]

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The Proactive Mentee: Maximise Your Mentorship Experience

Being a mentee is certainly not a passive activity. It requires developing an openness and willingness to ask for and receive new insights into yourself, and a commitment to taking action to realise and embody these insights. The more able you are to do this, the greater your experiences will be with your mentor, and

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The Greek Goddess of Knowledge and the Origin of Mentorship

What the Origins of the Word ‘Mentor ‘ Can Teach Us About the Meaning of Mentorship When we talk about mentorship, it’s essential to understand what the term truly means. To do this, I like to start by exploring its etymology, or origin. Mentorship originates from Mentor, a figure in ancient Greek literature. Homer’s The

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Setting Your Expectations As a Mentor

As a mentor, it’s crucial to engage effectively with your mentee and ensure that the purpose of your mentorship is being fulfilled. This often means receiving feedback and input from your mentee to know whether you are making a difference. In this blog, we will discuss how to set your own expectations and communicate them

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Navigating Key Concerns for Mentors and Effective Strategies

Mentoring is a journey of mutual learning and growth, benefiting both the mentee and the mentor. Mentors aim to provide value, foster open communication, and inspire action. However, moments of uncertainty may arise about our impact, difficulties in engaging in meaningful discussions, and challenges in motivating mentees to take action. This blog post delves into

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The Power of a Well-Defined Profile

Completing your profile isn’t just a formality; it’s a strategic step that can significantly impact the quality of matches you receive. Your profile is your digital introduction to potential mentors and mentees. It’s a snapshot of your professional and personal background, highlighting who you are, what you do, and what you seek to achieve through

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Mentor vs Coach, what’s the difference?

Mentoring and coaching are two different forms of guidance and support. The main difference is the expectations of a coach vs the expectations of a mentor. These expectations are reflective of the variation between coaches and mentors when it comes to cost, experience, and training, and the methodologies and protocols applied. Let’s start with the

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How to Be an Amazing Mentor in 10 Ways

Take a minute to think about the best mentor you’ve ever had. It could be your boss, a colleague, a parent, a friend, a coach, or a college professor. Then, you reach a point in your life where you have the chance to do the same for someone else. It can be both exciting, and

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How becoming a mentor helps to overcome imposter syndrome

When we ask women who have an interest in being mentors, why they haven’t put themselves forward, one of the most common responses we hear is that they don’t think they have enough experience to share. You wouldn’t believe the credentials and experience of the women who are saying this. We are blown away by

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Faster matching, new product updates.

We have some exciting product updates to share with you. We now have 400+ women signed up to be matched, from over 20 countries, which is incredibly exciting. To date, we have been making almost all of the mentor matches manually. We have a lot of data to go through to make a match, which has

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