First steps of Mentoring

Foundational to Life: Your Personal Belief System

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”What is it you really believe to be true about life?” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Your life. No one else.  Just you. Profoundly you… What is it you really believe to be true about your life? You and everyone you know (…and don’t know…) have initially been placed here on Planet Earth for …

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The Best of Mentoring…Transformational

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”I am intrigued…” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] …by the etymology of the word “transformation.” This is the 4th Pillar of the “best of mentoring” we are exploring in this space. Merriam-Webster, a long-time favorite go-to dictionary, defines etymology as an explanation of where a word came from: the history of a word. I …

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The Best of Mentoring…Whole-Life

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”The third of four pillars…” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] …that help to define the intent of the best of mentoring we call “whole-life”. As shared in the last two weeks, the best of mentoring is always concerned with being intentional, moving toward deep change. No matter what is being explored, discovered, talked over, …

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The Best of Mentoring…Deep Change

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”Continuing Thoughts on the Best of Mentoring…” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] This week we will have celebrated Martin Luther King Day here in the US of A. Let us learn from his legacy. He, among many, bring to mind the crucial importance of the next pillar of the Best of Mentoring: Deep Change. …

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The Best of Mentoring…The Beginning

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”The Best of Mentoring…” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] …will always rest on four pillars. Without these, it’s just a pleasant conversation, which is good to have, but it will not be the best of mentoring that makes a difference and changes lives, over time. Intentional… The best of mentoring is always intentional. Just …

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Mentoring Resolutions for 2016

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”There is a very sorry olde adage:” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] …New Year’s resolutions are made to be broken. The sad inference is “who can keep them with the busy lives we lead?” However… …may I suggest that we throw that adage as far as the east is from the west? And, may …

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Want to be a Better Mentor

Want to Be a Better Mentor?

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”Feel Free to ASK!” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Seeking to be a better mentor? Just ASK! This tiny acrostic represents three tips for improving inquiry skills.   A – Avoid Easy Answers Don’t ask yes or no questions. That’s one of the first tips of advice a newbie hears about improving question-asking skills. …

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3 Steps to Being a Transformer

3 Steps To Being A Transformer

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_text animation=”none”] Copyright material belongs to Dreamworks SKG, Paramount Pictures, Industrial Light & Magic, and Hasbro. [/blox_text][blox_heading title=”Unless you’ve been hiding under a dark media blackout for the last few years, you know our culture has been awakened to the old 80’s cartoon, The Transformers. ” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Michael Bay and the team …

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4 Reasons for Deep-Change Through the Best of Mentoring

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”Let’s face the hard truth. None of us has “arrived.”” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] In six decades of working on my life, I still have not become all I want to be, all I could be, all I need to be. That could be discomforting news. There is good news: I am working …

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8 Signs a Person is Ready to be Mentored

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”Have you ever been asked by someone to start a mentoring relationship and then you started to ponder, “Are they ready for this? How can I know if they will be committed?”” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Paying it forward by walking alongside of someone who is not as far along life’s path can …

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5 Facts About Mentor Training You Need To Know

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”I had an inspiring professor when I attended graduate school at Arizona State University.” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] He encouraged me, challenged me, and taught me passion for our shared pursuit. I learned early on that if I wanted to check in with him, I wouldn’t find him in his office. He had …

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You Have Been Asked To Mentor Someone. What Now?

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”Maybe this should be sub-titled, “Confessions of a long time mentor.”” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] I am still, even after 40+ years of full time mentoring, humbled and honored when someone inquires if I would spend time with them exploring their life and helping them discover their future. One of the hard parts …

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How Do You Begin To Find A Mentor?

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”In some places in our world, mentors are hard to come by. ” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] The need, hope, demand for good mentors is on the increase. But often people simply do not know where to begin to look. Here at Leadership Design Group, the mentoring we do and train others to …

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The Ultimate Guide to the Best Mentoring Process

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”Just like humans, mentoring comes in all shapes, sizes, lengths, colors and intensities. It can be as brief as an hour, or for a lifetime. ” style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] However, the best of any form or length of mentoring always has four crucial elements to it. Without the stirring up of these elements, …

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Speaking with your body

  [blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”Watching people is one of my favorite past times. ” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] In September of 2013 I had the privilege of being in New York City.  I arrived earlier than expected, via train, from Baltimore, checked my luggage at Penn Station (since my host was still at work) and took …

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Listening with your eyes

  [blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”Blessed with some truly amazing men and women on our Mentoring Development Team for Leadership Design Group (LDG), I watched them interacting at dinner recently. ” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”]  Animated conversations were taking place.  They had journeyed to Colorado from around the country. Most of these good souls I’ve mentored in …

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Looking With Your Ears

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”Tell me who you are?” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] This is where all good, growth-filled mentoring begins. Personally. Organizationally. Yes, there can be many entry points into mentoring.  But…the best of mentoring always begins with listening. Recently on a business trip, I sat next to a younger man who had the appearance and …

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LDG - steps into eternity

An Introduction

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”Ever wonder what your last words will be when you step into eternity? ” size=”h3″ color=”#7f8c8d” style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Maybe that’s not the most charming or fun or finest way to begin a blog post. However, some day, the two of us, that be you and me, will utter our last words. At this …

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