During
District 91’s recent Spring Conference our International
President, Mike Storkey, gave a presentation on ‘Everyone is a Mentor’ and it seemed timely to share some of those
thoughts.
Everyone is
a BuddY. At Excalibur
we’ve been calling it BuddY as
we look to members to ‘BuddY up’
together. Principally it is the same as
a Mentor programme, just organised a little less formally. David West has been gently kicking this off
for the past few months. Do tell him you
want to be a BuddY or a Mentor to
someone. Do tell him you want to be a
BuddEE or a Mentee (ie Buddied by
someone else). Contact David West on: gonewesty@btinternet.com
There is so
much value in both being a mentor and a mentee.
Everyone at every level needs a mentor and everyone at every
level can be a mentor. That means
YOU.
·
Who is a mentor?
o
Someone you trust
o
Someone you respect
o
Someone you can confide in
·
What is a mentor?
o
Someone who is knowledgeable
o
Will challenge you
o
An active listener
o
Empathetic
o
An effective evaluator
o
A role model
o
Someone who is never afraid of developing their
mentee to exceed their own capabilities
·
What is a mentee?
o
Someone with a thirst for knowledge
o
A desire to improve
o
An ability to learn
o
Has goals
o
Accepts evaluation
·
Types of Mentors
o
New club member mentor
o
Member mentor
o
More advanced member mentor….good for Excalibur
members
o
Leadership mentor
o
Specific skills mentor eg humour, evaluation or
table topics …..good for Excalibur members
·
Benefits for Mentee
o
Support based
o
Information based
o
Being challenged
·
Benefits for Mentor
o
A new challenge
o
Being part of their Mentees success
o
Involvement
Don’t
delay, sign up today. Be a BuddY or a Mentor AND be a BuddEE or a Mentee. You won’t regret it.
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