Tweet

How To Effectively Use Business Mentoring

Written by: Dr .Joe Capista

Article Overview: If you are running a small business and you get frustrated when things seem to be going wrong you’re not alone. Every successful businessperson experiences some level of frustration. The distinction between successful business owners and those that continually struggle is the way they handle their frustration. Learn how a mentor can not only help you to handle frustration, but thrive during difficult times.

How To Effectively Use Business Mentoring

If you are running a small business and you get frustrated when things seem to be going wrong you’re not alone. Every successful businessperson experiences some level of frustration. The distinction between successful business owners and those that continually struggle is the way they handle their frustration.

One way to handle the frustration is with the guidance of a business mentor. A business mentor is a person who is there to listen to your thoughts and ideas, and then give you insight from personal and business experience.

However, do not think that having a business mentor means a sounding board to air your frustration. It is much more than this. A business mentor will give you advice; as the relationship progresses, you will learn to trust each other; and you will develop a sort of partnership and friendship.

You should not underestimate business mentoring. It can help you in many ways. One of the most important is knowing that you can turn to your mentor for advice during difficult situations and you can be sure to get an honest opinion. If you have any ideas, you can brainstorm with your mentor. He or she will listen to you and give you advice based on their past business experiences.

When you are faced with a critical business decision, your business mentor can be a lifesaver. Usually your mentor will look at issues from a different angel than you. This enables them to guide you so that you make the right decision. The fact that you talk to your mentor will ease the stress and strain that comes with running a business. In addition, your mentor may introduce you to many of his or her contacts, which will go a long way in further strengthening and developing your business.

You can tap into the vast reservoir of experience and knowledge that you business mentor has, and then use it intelligently in your business. There are so many benefits to having a business mentor that once you have one, you will be wondering how you managed so long without a mentor.

Related Articles
  Mentoring in the Workplace
  Business Mentoring Programs
  Mentoring - It’s All Greek to Me!
  Difference Between Mentoring and Coaching
  Who SHOULD be mentored?

Article Tags: business experience, business experiences, business mentor, business mentoring, business owners, critical business decision, difficult situations, distinction, frustration, guidance, honest opinion, insight, lifesaver, right decision, running a business, small business, sounding board, stress and strain, successful business, thoughts and ideas
Referred by: http://www.themarketingmindset.com



Related Forum Posts
My entry - 1. The Best Business Books Ever: The 100 Most Influential Business Books You'll Never Have Time to Read - this is a fascinating book about the history of Business theory, and I'd recommend it to anybody. 2. The Big Book of Small Business: You Don't Have to Run Your Business by the Seat of Your Pants, by Tom Gegax. Ditto. 3. PADI: The Business of Diving Book Okay, so this book won't be of use to anyone who doesn't want to start a scuba store, but I did, and this book was of course invaluable to me in reaching that goal.
Re: Essential Leadership skills - Vision Values Mission Strategic Thinking Decision Making Communication Team Bonding People Development Coaching / Mentoring / Guiding / Grooming Presentation Thanks Robert
Business Women Peer Mentoring Spotlight - Hi Ladies, I had an idea on how we could really offer some support to one another here on the Forum. I thought it might be fun if we invited one of the Ladies here to put her business in the spotlight. Then we could all have an opportunity to do a little Peer Mentoring. After a specific length of time, we could then open it up for the next woman to present her business. What do you think? Do you want to be the woman who gets some free tips first? If so, tell us your situation and we'll get started! I'm looking forward to hearing what you think. Warmly, Tami
Exclusive: Interview with Results - Hi Forum Members, I'm helping start up a Business Coaching and Consulting company here in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (a Subsidiary of RSC Business in Los Angeles). As a Research and Development Intern I am required to practice my listening and interview skills by surveying Small and Medium Businesses on thier Business. This Survey is designed by RSC Business to also assist the Business being interviewed more insight into their own business. I am looking to interview about 30 businesses across North America over the span of 3 months. At the end of these interviews I will be publishing a report of the results and they will be made available for free to the Interviewees. The Report data will include responses from a minimum of 100 interviews. I would like to extend this opportunity to members of the Forum. If you would like to have this short 20-30 minute interview conducted on your Business and you reside in North America please send me an email or PM. Please contact me at andy[at]jvprosperity[dot]com to arrange our interview and to get free access to the results when they are published.
Re: HOw to market a B2B consulting company - [quote="zohahunt77":428owzbi]Hi, I was wondering if anyone can tell me the difference between B2B and B2C. I don’t know about b2b marketing but I have done marketing so know things about it. I will suggest you to take online services which will spread your business all over web network. Online marketing is the best way to market any business.[/quote:428owzbi] B2B = Business to Business - You are marketing to other businesses. B2C = Business to Consumer - You are marketing to consumers.


Share this article with your friends. Fund someone's dream.

Leave a comment below or share on the left and you'll help support entrepreneurs in Africa through our partnership with Kiva. Over $50,000 raised and counting - Please keep sharing! Learn more.

Tweet

Newsletter

Get advice & tips from famous business
owners, new articles by entrepreneur
experts, my latest website updates, &
special sneak peaks at what's to come!

Name:
Email:

Popular Articles

Making the Most of Your Trade Show Experience

SEO – Link Building Secrets

Effective Leadership

Suggestions

Email us your ideas on how to make our
website more valuable! Thank you Sharon
from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for
your suggestions to make the newsletter
look like the website and profile younger
entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez.