Feeling stuck in your career or unsure about your next steps? Having a mentor could be exactly what you need to elevate your professional journey. A mentor not only provides guidance but also acts as your advocate, helping you achieve clarity, set achievable goals, and boost your confidence. But how do you know if you're truly ready for mentorship? Here are clear signs that it’s time to seek out a mentor and practical steps on how to get started.
Feedback – it’s something that shouldn’t be missed when entering the mentoring relationship. The goal of mentoring is to develop and grow in both your professional and personal lives. However, growth doesn’t work without proper feedback. It’s essential to hear the other side and, even more important, to learn to speak out for yourself. Let’s dig deeper into why giving and receiving feedback in mentoring is crucial.
Imposter Syndrome (IS) is an experience where we are doubting ourselves and feeling like a fraud. Sometimes, it feels like you don’t deserve the accolades given to you and sometimes it literally feels like you are so stupid and incapable of doing the job given to you. Have you ever encountered such an experience? Well, you are not the only one. It happens to everyone from time-to-time.
The story of Julie Klimentová and Anastasia Kuperberg is similar to one from a movie. Julie who, according to her mentee, has the dream job as a Software Engineer at Microsoft, helped her mentee switch careers and become a Junior front-end developer. In this light-hearted interview, the mentoring pair shares what they learned from each other, and it ends on a positive note, with probably the biggest compliment a mentee can receive from a mentor.
Imposter syndrome is a common issue that mentees deal with, and, for many, the reason why they seek the help of a mentor in the first place. But as a mentor, how can you actually get to the root of the problem and truly help them?We asked Šimon Steffal, Founder and Chief Vision Officer of Mindset Mentors, for some tips on how you can help your mentee turn things around.
Do you tend to ask Google for career guidance? Although it might work in several cases, the information shared on the internet is not always tailored to your needs. The World Wide Web has millions of resources, including books, articles, videos, or online workshops. But these resources usually share general information that may apply to one situation and totally differ for another.
Our mentor Radka Kristyna Chobotova and her mentee Juliana Arbelaez Gaviria come from different backgrounds and yet they found a common ground through mentoring. The thing that resonates with them both is feminism. From sharing their experience with mentoring, the conversation evolved into a lively discussion on feminism. Read below how (and why!) all of us can be a little more feminist and see how science and humanitarian help cross paths.
Barbora Urbanova (the co-founder of BrainFAQ Brno) is one of those whose business got hit the most by the pandemic. Shortly after she had her second child, she had to come up with a plan to sustain her escape room business after all the venues were shut down due to the lockdown. With the help of an experienced marketing mentor, Marcela Krzemien (Digital Marketing Consultant), she found ways to overcome those challenges and come out of the crisis stronger than before. Read her and Marcela’s mentoring journey.
Do you have a learning budget to spend, but you are unsure if to invest in mentoring or coaching? Do you struggle to understand the benefits of each? I asked Misa Kozinova, Executive Coach and Leadership Mentor, to share her experience and specify each development program's differences.
