Next time you feel someone is lucky; ask yourself

Leadership, Management, Mentoring
What differentiates people? This is a blog for career professionals and individuals wanting to make something out of their life. The ideas mentioned herein are applicable equally to the upper-tier, middle-tier and to a large extent to the entry-tier people. This is not a political blog. So, I am not going to discuss political reasons in the examples given. Recently, I was engaged in a conversation where one of the participants was lamenting that his peers & juniors were ahead of him despite him having more or better skills than them. His primary arguments were that he did not get equal opportunities and/or the others were ‘lucky’. On the question of opportunities, I firmly believe that all one of us are presented with opportunities. We need to have the eye…
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Why do we judge when mentoring

Why do we judge when mentoring

Entrepreneurs, Mentoring
Why do we judge when mentoring “We seek advice and we get (sic) judgments.” said an Indian entrepreneur at a dinner table at one of the startup events I had attended. Why does this happen? Why do we judge when mentoring? Mentoring is a fine skill. It is not for everyone. A good mentor guides his/her mentee to solutions. Managing, on the other hand, is relatively operational by nature. The three reasons why we judge when mentoring are: A parent-child relationship approach by the mentor A parent-child relationship involves the full extent of a child’s development. The four types of parenting styles include: (i) authoritarian, (ii) authoritative, (iii) permissive/indulgent, and (iv) detached. A good mentor is one who engages his mentee with an adult-adult relationship approach. We behave like managers…
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