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...]
What does Mentoring mean to you?
This is a guest post by Rodger Harding a business coach and artist. He also manages the mentorship program for the Canadian Women in Communication (CWC). Mentoring is today a much used word in the workplace, and appears to be a concept that means different things to different people. My own official introduction to mentorship was back in the late eighties when the New South Africa finally came into being. It was a heady time. Madiba was released after 27 years of imprisonment, the ANC, the Communist Party, the Pan African Congress etc were un-banned and exiles were returning to their country of birth en masse. Preparing new … [Read more...]
The Invisible Mentor Interviews Rodger Harding, Life Coach & Artist Part Two
Interviewee Name: Rodger Harding Company Name: Harding International and Associates Inc. Website: http://www.hardingintl.com http://www.rodgerhardingart.com Rodger Harding - Your Invisible Mentor Avil Beckford: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Rodger Harding: I am a Toronto based Business Leadership consultant (Harding International & Associates Inc), painter & author; My life's work is to evolve to my fullest potential, to lead as useful a life possible - It has often been said that I am an iconoclast, whose impact results from an unusual way of approaching people and situations. Avil Beckford: How do you … [Read more...]
The Invisible Mentor Interviews Rodger Harding, Life Coach & Artist
Interviewee Name: Rodger Harding Company Name: Harding International and Associates Inc. Website: http://www.hardingintl.com http://www.rodgerhardingart.com Rodger Harding - Your Invisible Mentor Avil Beckford: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Rodger Harding: I am a Toronto based Business Leadership consultant (Harding International & Associates Inc), painter & author; My life's work is to evolve to my fullest potential, to lead as useful a life possible - It has often been said that I am an iconoclast, whose impact results from an unusual way of approaching people and situations. Avil Beckford: What’s … [Read more...]