These are some of the people I interviewed this year to act as your mentors. In case you missed any of the interviews, when you get the opportunity, take a moment to read them. While you are reading the interviews, think of what you have in common with the interviewees, and ask yourself, what can I learn from them that I can use in my work and life? You can also find these interviews and more on the Mentors page of the blog Mind your Qs please! She was the first female CEO of a steel company in Canada (Part I) (Part II) She left a successful search consulting business to become a human excellence coach (Part I), (Part II) The life … [Read more...]
The Invisible Mentor Week in Review
This is what we talked about on The Invisible Mentor Blog this week: Review of The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks, Charles Lindbergh, First Person to Fly Solo from New York to Paris and Interview with Mike DeSousa. Mondays at the Salon “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results,” is a quote that’s attributed to both Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin. It means you have to do things differently to get different results. Do Something You’ve Never Done Before Booked on Tuesdays This week we reviewed The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks which shows us how to start performing at our peak. In … [Read more...]
The Invisible Mentor Interviews Mike DeSousa
Interviewee Name: Mike DeSousa Website: http://www.mikedesousa.ca Avil Beckford: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Mike DeSousa: I am a Career Social Media specialist who helps recruiters & employers find superior employee talent FAST using Social Media. As well, I am a Public Speaker who trains Non-Profit Agency staff on how to market their job-seeking clients, helping them to find work FAST. Avil Beckford: What’s a typical day like for you? Mike DeSousa: Waking up at 6am, work at 7am reviewing daily goals set the night before, create presentations, researching clients online/phone networking, sourcing … [Read more...]