How can you prepare to be a mentor in Personal Coaching?

(I'm mentor to students, graduates and young professionals for 15years) I always felt the inner need to help my mentees thrive in what they want to accomplish. For that I help them solve their immediate issues but at the same time teach them techniques and tools that they will benefit from their entire life.

Como suele ocurrir al hacer definiciones, mientrás mayor cantidad de especifidades tenga, mayores posibilidades de éxito tendré en cumplir lo que pretendo lograr. Objetivos claros permiten definir expectativas realistas. Seamos responsables respecto al tipo de mentorías que realizaremos, profesionales para establecer las mediciones que nos permitirán mejorar en la medida que avancemos y auténticos para ofrecer un servicio que contenga un valor agregado que pueda ser consistente con nuestros público objetivo y/o clientes. Este trabajo transforma vidas y no puede ser tomado a la ligera.

Trust your gut feeling and your intuition. Is this going to be good match? Will you both enjoy the coming conversations? Do you feel your energy expanding/going up when thinking about mentoring this person? All yes? Go for it.

You cannot safe other people nor solve every issue. As a mentor you give advice, share your stories so that your mentee can learn and take inspiration from it. Neither you are a coach, although the terms coach and mentor are often mixed up. You guide with your experiences and stories and actionable advice. But you are not responsible for people's destiny.

"What would you like to talk about today?" "What would you like to walk with?" Two simple questions that set up the conversation from the start and provides a clear focus. This stops the conversation devolving into just chit-chat, which can very easily happen.

"What would you like to talk about today?" "What would you like to walk with?" Two simple questions that set up the mentor conversation from the start and provides a clear focus. This stops the conversation devolving into just chit-chat.

Crucial one. You want to have a basic structure and approach on how you mentor. E.g. I always start by asking about my mentee's goals and I ask them to write them down. In addition, creating this structure helps you to capture your own experience - and you will surpised how much that is. But please, don’t spend hours to plan your structure and approach. This will build it's self over time. An initial structure and and approach can simply look like a simple checklist: 1. Congratualte my mentee that he/she is willing to progress and therefore seeking support. 2. Ask about personal goals (related to the mentoring topic) and let them note them down 3. Listen. That's it. Take notes along the way what kind of questions/stories worked well.