Whole Life Mentoring

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”I read the mentoring blogs every week.” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] This morning’s are representative of the norm.  The top five blog articles are about mentoring at work:  “Mix N’ Mentor Comes to Jordan,” “Cuomo Touts NY Business Mentor Program, “10 Ways to Become a Great Mentor” (in business), “Mentoring for Scale” and […]

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”The best of mentoring is intentional, moving toward deep change, for one’s whole life.” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] No matter the age of the person being mentored, no matter the circumstance being discussed, no matter the desired outcome of personal growth, the best of mentoring will always keep in mind that our goal

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”Committed to deep change? In inches or leaps?” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] You and I have been created to change.  We have been endowed with the capacity to change.  Change is crucial to being fully alive, whether our commitment to change is in inches or leaps.  At LDG, we are committed to nurturing

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”In what mentoring environments does the whole-life model work best? ” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] It’s been several years now since I gave a mentoring workshop in Guatemala for a major NGO/non-profit. This outstanding group provides care for children in almost 40 countries who are caught in significant poverty. They had gathered some

[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

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_text animation=”none”] Mentee? Protégé? Mentored? Mentoree? What shall I call this person I am mentoring? At Leadership Design Group, this is a frequent question. This even has been the subject of spirited internal debate. Here is a summary of the debate as we see it and how Leadership Design Group has crafted our own

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”No argument.” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Mentoring can happen in all kinds of places, opportunities, time frames. However, the best of mentoring begins with a creative intentionality that helps a person live into their unique design for their life. I’ve had some meaningful conversations where people have thanked me for mentoring them. That

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”Mentoring, of course, comes in many forms and fashions.” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][/blox_column][/blox_row][blox_row columns=”1/1″][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_text animation=”none”] But at LDG, we Design Leaders through Intentional, Deep-Change, Whole-Life, Transformational mentoring. Intentionality is crucial to great mentoring sessions. The best mentoring is purpose-filled and inside every exceptional mentoring session is purpose-filled intentionality. Good mentors—and those they are

[blox_row][blox_column width=”1/1″][blox_heading title=”Too often people think that they do not have a mentor.” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Maybe they once did. Kind of. A coach. A teacher. But way too often people will shrug their shoulders, wish they could find a mentor, don’t, and then give up that longing for awhile. Life settles, and that