As a youth and young entrepreneur there so many challenges in achieving goals and lay down objectives. It is part of our responsibility to ensure that they are adequately guided. Choosing a career in life is a big task that most youth sometimes failed, also as a young entrepreneur starting and growing business involves some level of mentorship. We call on youth and young entrepreneur to feel free and contact us when the need arises.
Here are five options for developing your own mentoring program, which can be combined in a variety of iterations to meet your specific needs.
- One-on-One Mentoring. This is the most common approach, and provides a framework in which the mentor acts as a supportive role model and sounding board to provide individualized attention for the mentee. The ability to build a consistent relationship with this model offers benefits to both parties with the potential for deeper insights and more effective communication.
- E-Mentoring. This model is the most flexible, allowing a mentee to access the mentor from any location using a variety of virtual tools — including social media, email, or video conferencing. An attractive option for busy professionals, it also expands the number of suitable mentors available if your organization has more than one geographical location.
- Reverse Mentoring. With the technological skills and social media savvy that the younger generation possesses, reverse mentoring offers the opportunity for them to teach these valuable skills to older workers. This model helps build relationships across the generations in your workforce and enhances communication and understanding of one another’s needs.
- Peer Mentoring Groups. These groups can provide a supportive environment for peers to discuss common issues they are facing and learn from each other. Peer support and objective feedback can be a very effective tool to help create individual insights and positive change when needed.
- Group Mentoring. If your need for mentors exceeds the availability of suitable candidates, a group mentoring model may be beneficial. In this framework, one mentor works with multiple mentees at the same time. This could apply to a single geographical location, or be combined with e-mentoring in a virtual group meeting.