Topics having to do with mentoring and being mentored, including helps, tips and strategies
Mentorship plays a key role in a persons spiritual growth and development. Your own personal development is a must when preparing for the ministry and upon entering into it. 2 Tim.2:15 states “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” This scripture implies that you will minister from your Biblical knowledge, your knowledge of the people, cultures and events. Another facet of [ continue reading ]
...Trust building can be a major challenge. Many of us strugglewith the idea of trusting others. When someone says, “Trust me,” we tend to think: “Yeah Right!? You’ll have to earn that!” Other individuals are willing to trust without much prior or concurrent evidence. You should be skilled in knowing ways to increase the trust factor in your relationships. To become trust-able, you must: Trust is a major part in the foundation of interpersonal relationships. It is just [ continue reading ]
...The first part to getting a mentor is identifying the possibilites. There has to be a certain "match" and an interest on both sides. If there are people around you that you admire or wish you could emulate that puts them on the list of your candidate mentors! If not then ask for recommendations. Your best source would obvious be your pastor. Ask him who he recommends. Once you've identified your list of candidates set [ continue reading ]
...The benefits of mentoring are many, here's a short list of 21 benefits For the Mentor 1. Allows the mentor to "give back" – to both the organization and the mentoree 2. Reminds the mentor how to listen actively rather than passively 3. Encourages the mentor to share knowledge, which helps increase the mentor's sense of self-worth 4. Strengthens the mentor's interpersonal relationship skills 5. Teaches the mentor about other areas/departments within the organization 6. [ continue reading ]
...Facilitate vs Duplicate. Remember that you are both sharing your life's journey, and enhancing your mentoree's journey. If you act more as a resource for knowledge, experience, and personal development, you will avoid the temptation to create another "you" and you will allow the person to develop into the "who" they want to be. Uniqueness is significant. What makes every mentoring relationship different is the uniqueness of each individual. This is especially true when it [ continue reading ]
...Mentoring Process … Basic Definitions Mentoring: A developmental sharing and helping relationship where one person invests time, know-how and effort in enhancing another person's growth, knowledge and skills. Responding to critical needs in the life of another person in ways that prepare that person for greater performance, productivity, or achievement in the future. Mentor: Anyone who has important, long lasting, beneficial life-or style- enhancing effect on another person, generally as result of personal one-on-one contact (regardless [ continue reading ]
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