Welcome to another instalment of Mentoring Monthly, and a special Hello to the hundreds of new readers who have signed up to the newsletter over the last month. More and more of you have been finding out about Get Mentoring and signing up as volunteer business mentors. But as always, if you haven't already registered for the free mentor training, what are you waiting for? Sign up today and complete the course online, or find a workshop near you.
February has seen the official launch of the online training which received widespread press coverage largely down to the fantastic support received from Get Mentoring's strategic partners.
This month Mentoring Monthly has interviewed two talented young entrepreneurs who tell us why a mentor was key to their own success when starting a new business. And we also have some inspiring stories from three volunteer mentors about how they benefitted from mentoring. |
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A mentee's story: Shell Livewire award winner, Joanna Montgomery, has been running her business, Little Riot, since 2010 but she admits that she “would still be flapping around” had she not sought the advice of several different mentors with the skill and experience to guide her to success. more
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Cath Lee has recently completed the Introduction to Enterprise Mentoring training. With experience as both an entrepreneur and mentor, Cath enjoys the fulfilment that comes with getting an enterprise off the ground. She is looking to working with mentees who have no prior experience of running a business so that she can help to mentor them through the “exciting stages of planning and setting up a successful enterprise”. more
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Another mentor recently signed up with Get Mentoring is Tony Sacco who was thrilled to become part of a national mentoring scheme because it helped him to “feel part of something significant and well recognised”. He believes that mentoring can make a real difference to a business’s chance of success, as he found when setting up his own enterprise. more |
Get Mentoring launched its Facebook page this month, take a look and give us a 'like' for Get Mentoring updates to your facebook page. |
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A mentee's story: Michael Corrigan and his business partner David Kellock believe that their product design business would “definitely not” be where it is today if it hadn’t been for the benefit of their two enterprise mentors. Michael found that the right “chemistry” was key to building a productive working relationship with their mentors. more
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Get Mentoring is gearing up to attend Business 2012 at the O2 arena on 18th-20th March. We're running 21 taster workshops and have a stand at the show to meet as many potential volunteer mentors as we can over the 3 days. It's free to sign up and Richard Branson, Lord Sugar and Cherie Blair are amongst the speakers. |
Don't forget, if you are looking for a mentor, visit Mentorsme, the UK's free online gateway aimed at connecting businesses with mentoring services. The site offers micro, small and medium-sized enterprises access to a list of quality-assured business mentoring organisations across Britain. |
The research project, launched last month as part of the Get Mentoring initiative, in now underway. The research is looking into what makes a successful mentoring relationship and the impact mentoring has on new and growing businesses. If any mentors and mentees would like to get involved to share their experiences please contact Leigh Sear.
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