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3 principles to building — and keeping — a great relationship with a mentor

Ideas.Ted

This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. I’ve had more mentors than anyone I know. Mentors tend to be older than you and work with other older-than-you people. Giving, not just getting .

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How To Find Your Mentor

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Whatever stage you are in your career, you need a mentor. A mentor brings out the best in you. It doesn’t really matter how super uber you are. You might be the king of experts in your company but you still need a mentor. How does a Mentor differ from a Teacher?

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How to be an Effective Mentor

Ian's Messy Desk

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap How to be an Effective Mentor Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 2, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Mentoring can be one of the most effective means of teaching: inviting someone to learn from the example of another with more experience.

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Top 5 Tips for Working With a Mentor

The Small Business Blog

How to be successful by focusing on your core business. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Develop a network of mentors you can rely on for good advice.

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From Executive Assistant to CEO

ProAssisting Blog

She has held many different positions throughout her 30 years working for the company but what is particularly interesting to us here at ProAssisting is how Ursula was mentored in the executive assistant position by her two different bosses. It made me reflect on how much coaching and mentoring I was giving to my own assistant.

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What Kind of Leader Are You: A Fixer, Fighter or Friend?

Success

Friend types are usually strong and self-deprecating communicators; they know how to talk about important things in a way that’s lighthearted and straightforward. How can you help a Friend? I was fortunate enough to have a mentor do that for me at a critical moment in my career. The Friend’s Yoda moment. I’m really sorry.

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Leverage Your Guest Appearances and Interviews for Maximum Visibility

Stephanie LH Calahan

She teaches and mentors authors, speakers and entrepreneurs on how to build a platform and attract major media and publishers. It is the official magazine of the Black Speakers Network. Pam Perry is the publisher of Speakers Magazine and is an award-winning communications professional.