Themes for Mentor Groups

At the launch event of the mentoring programme in November 2014 we asked attendees what they would like to be mentored on. Here is the full response:

Influencing / Self Promotion

• How to promote yourself at work – communication, influencing
• How to promote yourself (even if it feels uncomfortable)
• How to influence senior leaders / senior managers
• Managing your manager

Leadership / People Management

• People management x4
• Leadership (direction and empowerment of team)
• Empowering new leaders to positively impact their new teams
• Leading people in an inspiring way

Career Change / Career Progression 

• Advice & guidance for growth in my current role in a large organisation – lack of role models. And possibly the move to a new role
• Transition from working in a large public organisation to independent working
• Lateral moves to new industries – where can I take my skills? (ie what are the options). How do I move across industries?
• Exploring horizontal options in terms of career progression
• Change your career path by exploring ideas with others how to go about doing this and what direction might be good for you
• How to manage career change utilising existing skill sets to better meet personal ambitions
• Mentoring for a career change
• Identifying soft skills and values to be able to move toward a career niche

Career

• Career management
• Working in a man’s world
• Career advice
• Break through the ceiling

Start ups

• Taking my idea and shipping it – project to business x2
• We have our “product” – we need info/guidance/expertise on setting up our business professionally ie legal, marketing, accounting, tax, web/media presence
• How to turn an academic idea into a business

Small Business / Own Business 

• Staying focused on the important stuff as a small business owner – staying inspired, reducing distractions, challenging yourself
• My business is growing and I need mentoring to assist in learning to manage staff and peers

Scaling Business 

• Scaling business up
• Caring business growth – organic, kind, respectful and successful!
• How to grow a small business to a medium size business (successful medium size business)

Travel / Moving

• Securing roles abroad, sponsorship, securing new connections etc
• Making the move back to NZ

 Board

• Just becoming a first time director and how to grow into it
• Advice on setting up or joining boards and associations

Personal development 

• Personal focus (next steps)
• How to focus and say no
• Want to be mentored through creating the life that I want – avoiding the trap of going back / being “guilted back”
• Identifying your skills so you know where to move to at a young(er) age

Other 

• Change management
• Time management
• How to identify your personal development opportunities within a voluntary role
• Public speaking
• Creative speaking
• Patient advocacy
• Awareness education
• Blending professional life and family

 

Full details of upcoming themes and past themes can be found on the main mentoring page.
If you have a topic or theme that you would like to be included in the Mentoring Programme then please contact the Mentor Programme Team.