August 2014

Four capacities fuel a person to be fully alive!

Mentoring Creativity…and More

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”Four capacities fuel a person to be fully alive!” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Whether the person is an old friend, a new mentoree, or even a total stranger I might meet on a plane ride, one of my favorite “mentoring creativity” questions to ask is, “May I ask you a question? In what …

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Money Mentoring: Your Mentoree’s Wallet—or Purse—Matters | Leadership Design Group

Money Mentoring: Your Mentoree’s Wallet—or Purse—Matters

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”“I mentor people, but finances are just too sensitive and personal.”” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Have you ever heard that from a fellow mentor? Or from yourself? Money mentoring is, indeed, sensitive and personal. At LDG, we believe it essential to developing a whole person. We see our mentoring as lacking if we …

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Intellectual Dimension: 4 Commitments For A Healthy Intellect

Intellectual Dimension: 4 Commitments For A Healthy Intellect

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”“What in the world were you thinking?” Ever had that question asked of you? I have. Often.” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] It may be a totally legit question.  It all depends on which word the emphasis is put.  How the question is spoken can make it an acceptable query for more information.  It can …

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Family and Mentoring

The Influence of Family in Mentoring

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”“Tell me the best memory you have of your family?” I asked a group of University students.” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] “I remember when my parents got divorced.  My Dad took off, and my Mom raised my brother and me.  I’ll never forget the sacrifices she made to keep me in my private …

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Emotions in Mentoring: Seven Truths

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”Do you encourage emotions in your mentorees?” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] I mentor several men. Many of them are uncomfortable with or avoid the subject of emotions in mentoring as we begin to work through what it means to be a whole person in all 8 Dimensions of life. The best of mentors …

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It’s Not Just A Job, It’s An Adventure!

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”What is it that you productively do with most of your waking hours?” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] What activities can you do effortlessly, where other people ask, “How you do that?” What, in your work world, comes so naturally that you would almost do it for free? Well……almost. If the work of your …

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The Importance of the number 1 in the best of mentoring

The Number 1 in the Best of Mentoring

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”A few moments ago I was laughing at myself. Something others and I do often.” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] This time, taking some scheduled hours on a rain-swept Wednesday here in Colorado to do some important and overdue filing, I found some notes I’d made while on vacation earlier this summer. Those who …

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