This is a guest post by Jonathan Smith. In 2013, I had the fortunate experience of serving as a mentor at my prior organization. The mentor program was a leadership development program within the company and I was asked to serve as a mentor to an employee in another department to help them see a different side of the organization. One aspect of this program included a panel discussion day where three mentors hosted a talk, answered questions, discussed their careers and, if asked, gave advice to the group of mentees, which totaled about 40 total audience members. I was told following the session that people felt they had gotten a lot of great insight from the discussion, but it’s important to note that serving as a mentor and sitting on this panel was also personally rewarding for me. I took pages of notes during the process that I still refer to today.
Take Blame, Give Credit
Take Blame, Give Credit
Take Blame, Give Credit
This is a guest post by Jonathan Smith. In 2013, I had the fortunate experience of serving as a mentor at my prior organization. The mentor program was a leadership development program within the company and I was asked to serve as a mentor to an employee in another department to help them see a different side of the organization. One aspect of this program included a panel discussion day where three mentors hosted a talk, answered questions, discussed their careers and, if asked, gave advice to the group of mentees, which totaled about 40 total audience members. I was told following the session that people felt they had gotten a lot of great insight from the discussion, but it’s important to note that serving as a mentor and sitting on this panel was also personally rewarding for me. I took pages of notes during the process that I still refer to today.