Fast-Track Your Career: Finding the Mentor Who’s Right for You

Summary

Looking to advance your career, broaden your skill set, and achieve your full potential? Having a mentor is one of the top ways to get there.

Wouldn’t it be great to find that perfect person who’ll take an active interest in your career, help guide you, and give you a boost when you’re feeling stuck?  

But finding the right mentor and building a relationship with them isn’t something that just happens automatically. It takes work.

How do you take that first step that can be so vital to your career? How can you find the right person to be your mentor? And how do you do it if working remotely?

You’re invited to attend a 60-minute workshop where you’ll learn exactly that. Join us to discover the keys to identify a potential mentor, establish the relationship and maximize it. Discover:

  • How to find the mentor who’s right for you - and whom to avoid
  • Proven ways to take the first step and make the ask – minus the awkwardness – even when working remotely
  • Getting the most out of your relationship - for both of you
  • How to assess an ongoing mentor relationship - and when an adjustment or change is needed
  • And much more

Program Highlights

Finding the Right Mentor

  • What are the general qualifications and characteristics of a great mentor?
  • How can I tell whether a specific mentor is right for me?
  • Effective ways to make the ask – even in today’s remote work era - that lower stress, reduce awkwardness and have a higher chance of success

Getting the Most Out of Your Relationship

  • What does a good mentor relationship look like - and how do I get there?
  • What can a mentor realistically do for me and my career?
  • How does mentorship differ from sponsorship?
  • Structuring your relationship so that both of you benefit (don’t worry, it’s not as formal as it sounds)

Continuous Assessment 

  • What are some of the danger signs in a mentor relationship?
  • How to rekindle things when they seem stuck in neutral
  • When and how to end a mentor relationship - without ruining your career

Program Benefits

After this online workshop you’ll be able to build a successful mentor relationship that will advance your career, broaden your skill set and help you achieve your potential. You'll learn how to identify a potential mentor, structure the relationship for maximum benefit to both parties and maintain that relationship over time.

About the Speaker

Gail Golden
Gail Golden

As the Principal of Gail Golden Consulting, Gail Golden, MBA, Ph.D., helps people hit peak performance and become better leaders by drawing on her unique cross-background perspective. As a licensed psychologist and an MBA-holding... entrepreneur, Gail understands both the emotions and the economics successful C-suite executives must master. Her unique approach combines sports-influenced tactics of performance coaching with psychology-trained skills of empathy to bring the best out of businesses, leaders, and employees. Gail specializes in helping companies and leaders handle rapid change, build high-performing talent, avoid burnout, plan for succession, and drive success. Gail's book, 'Curating Your Life,' was published by Rowman & Littlefield in April 2020. The book is based on what she's learned over more than two decades of helping leaders of all types maximize their achievements. Curating Your Life is full of advice on how to direct your energy toward identifying and accomplishing your most important goals.