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    1) The document provides guidance for mentors on how to effectively mentor others. It discusses why some people don't mentor, qualities to look for in mentees, and how to set mentees up for success, create the right environment for development, and help mentees become better people. 2) The key aspects of mentoring covered include focusing on developing others, discovering mentees' dreams, leading each person differently, and celebrating their achievements. 3) Effective mentors dedicate themselves to a mentee's long-term development, have hard conversations when needed, and ultimately allow mentees to spread their wings and fly beyond the mentor's own level of success.

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    1) The document provides guidance for mentors on how to effectively mentor others. It discusses why some people don't mentor, qualities to look for in mentees, and how to set mentees up for success, create the right environment for development, and help mentees become better people. 2) The key aspects of mentoring covered include focusing on developing others, discovering mentees' dreams, leading each person differently, and celebrating their achievements. 3) Effective mentors dedicate themselves to a mentee's long-term development, have hard conversations when needed, and ultimately allow mentees to spread their wings and fly beyond the mentor's own level of success.

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    1) The document provides guidance for mentors on how to effectively mentor others. It discusses why some people don't mentor, qualities to look for in mentees, and how to set mentees up for success, create the right environment for development, and help mentees become better people. 2) The key aspects of mentoring covered include focusing on developing others, discovering mentees' dreams, leading each person differently, and celebrating their achievements. 3) Effective mentors dedicate themselves to a mentee's long-term development, have hard conversations when needed, and ultimately allow mentees to spread their wings and fly beyond the mentor's own level of success.

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    Some of the key takeaways from the document are that mentoring involves developing relationships, understanding others, and helping raise people to higher levels through encouragement and support.

    Common reasons why people don't mentor others include insecurity, ego, inability to discern others' potential, having the wrong concept of success, and lack of training.

    The steps to adopting a mentor's mindset outlined in the document are to make people development a top priority, limit who you take along, develop relationships before starting out, give help unconditionally, let others fly with you for a while, put fuel in their tank, stay with them until they can solo successfully, clear the flight path, help them repeat the process, and lift others higher.

    MENTORING 101

    What Every Leader Needs to Know

    By John C. Maxwell
    PART 1
    GETTING READY TO MENTOR OTHERS

    What do I need to know before I start?


    “If you want to succeed as a mentor, first work to understand yourself and others.”
    ”We exist temporarily through what we take, but we live forever through what we give.”
    -Douglas M. Lawson
    “That’s why it’s so essential to focus on raising others to a higher level.
    And we can do that with people from every area of our lives – at work and home,
    in church and in the clubhouse”
    (Maxwell, 2008, p. 3).
    Other common reasons include:

     Insecurity
    WHY MANY “When people are made to feel secure and important and
    PEOPLE DON’T appreciated, it will no longer be necessary for them to whittle down
    others in order for them to seem bigger in comparison.” –Virginia
    MENTOR OTHERS Arcastle
     Ego
    “If mentoring others is such a “ A person consumed with himself never considers spending time
    rewarding calling, why doesn’t raising others up.”
    everyone do it?”  Inability to Discern People’s ‘Success Seeds’
    “The ability to find another’s seed of success takes commitment,
    “One reason is that it takes work.” diligence, and a genuine desire to focus on others.”
     Wrong Concept of Success
    “A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have
    (Maxwell, 2008, p. 4-7)
    gained from your successes.” -Cullen Hightower
     Lack of Training
    Remind yourself that:
     Everyone wants to feel worthwhile
    “Always help people increase their own self-esteem.
    WHAT YOU NEED Develop your skill in making other people feel important.”
    TO KNOW AS -Donald Laird
    YOU MENTOR  Everyone needs & responds to encouragement
    “ I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did
    OTHERS not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of
    approval than under a spirit of criticism.”
    -Charles Schwab
    “Raising people to a higher level  People are naturally motivated
    and helping them be successful “…but for too many people it has been beaten down by lack of
    support, busyness, stress, bad attitudes, lack of appreciation, scarce
    involves more than giving them resources, poor training, or faulty communication.”
    information or skills.”  People buy into the person before buying into
    their leadership
    (Maxwell, 2008, p. 7-10) “People will follow you only when they believe in you.”
    “And if you have highly developed people skills and genuinely care
    about others, the process will probably come to you naturally.”
    HOW DO I ADOPT A MENTOR’S MIND-SET?

    “Mentoring is who you are as much as what you do”


    1. a Mentor:
    Think Like

    1. Make People Development Your Top 6. Put Fuel in Their Tank


    Priority 7. Stay With Them Until They Can Solo
    2. Limit Who You Take Along Successfully
    3. Develop Relationships Before 8. Clear the Flight Path
    Starting Out 9. Help Them Repeat the Process
    4. Give Help Unconditionally 10. Lift Others Higher
    5. Let Them Fly With You for a While (Maxwell, 2008, p. 11-23)
    PART 1I
    ENGAGING IN THE MENTORING PROCESS

    Whom Should I Mentor?


    “Invest your time in people who will give the greatest return.”
    ”The people closest to me determine my level of success or failure.”
    (Maxwell, 2008, p. 27).
    THE PEOPLE I WANT TO MENTOR…

    (In Order of Importance)

    1. Make Things Happen 6. Equip Others


    2. See and Seize Opportunities 7. Provide Inspiring Ideas
    3. Influence Others 8. Possess Uncommonly Positive Attitudes
    4. Add Value 9. Live Up To Their Commitments
    5. Attract Other Leaders 10. Have Loyalty

    “As you pick people to mentor, focus on people who will not only make the most of what you
    give and help you. Pick people who will pass it on.
    Mentoring is meant to be shared.”
    (Maxwell, 2008, p. 29-42)
    HOW CAN I SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS?

    “See everyone you mentor as a ‘10’ ”


    ”Mentoring leaders get more out of their people because they think more of their
    people.They respect and value them and, as a result, their people want to follow them.
    The positive, uplifting attitude that they bring to leadership creates a positive working
    environment where everyone on the team has a place and purpose – and where
    everyone shares in the win”
    (Maxwell, 2008, p. 43-45).
    HOW TO TREAT OTHERS LIKE A 10

    1. See Them as Who They Can Become 5. Realize that ‘10’ has Many Definitions
    2. Let Them ‘Borrow’ Your Belief in Them 6. Place People in Their Strength Zones
    3. Catch Them Doing Something Right 7. Give Them the ’10’ Treatment
    4. Believe the Best – Give Others the 8. Always Set People Up For Success
    Benefit of the Doubt

    - Build people up by encouragement - Give people credit by acknowledgment


    - Give people recognition by gratitude
    “Begin today to see and lead people as they can be, not as they are,
    and you will be amazed by how they respond to you.”
    (Maxwell, 2008, p. 45-56)
    HOW DO I CREATE
    THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT?

    Time
    Believe in them Respect
    Encourage them Unconditional positive regard
    Share with them Sensitivity
    Trust them Touch

    “The BEST mentoring leaders “I have learned that trust is the single
    are encouragers.” most important factor in building personal
    (Maxwell, 2008, p. 75-81) and professional relationships.”
    HOW DO I CREATE
    THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT?

    Show Transparency Hold Hope High


    Offer Time Add Significance
    Believe in People Provide Security
    Give Encouragement Reward Production
    Exhibit Consistency Establish a Support System
    “Never underestimate the power of a great environment.
    People who live in a supportive and encouraging environment
    are more likely to succeed.”
    (Maxwell, 2008, p. 81-91)
    PART III
    TAKING PEOPLE HIGHER

    How do I help them become better people?


    “When you equip people, you teach them how to do a job.
    Development is different.
    When you develop people, you are helping them improve as individuals.”
    (Maxwell, 2008, p. 95).
    HOW DO I HELP THEM
    BECOME BETTER PEOPLE?

    Dedicate Yourself to Developing Others


    “When you develop people, you are helping them improve as individuals.”

    1. See Development as a Long-Term Process


    2. Discover Each Person’s Dreams & Desires
    “Ignore what a man desires and you ignore the very source of his power.” –Walter Lippman

    3. Lead Everyone Differently


    4. Help Them Know Themselves

    (Maxwell, 2008, p. 95-101)


    HOW DO I HELP THEM
    BECOME BETTER PEOPLE?

    Dedicate Yourself to Developing Others


    5. Be Ready to Have a Hard Conversation
    “There is no development without hard lessons.” - ”The thing you need to remember is that people will
    work through difficult things if they believe you want to work with them.”
    6. Celebrate the Right Wins
    7. Prepare Them for Leadership
    8. Watch Them Fly Higher
    “…don’t hold on to your people too tightly. Sometimes the best thing you can do for
    people is to let them spread their wings and fly.”
    (Maxwell, 2008, p. 101-105)
    WHAT SHOULD I DO IF THEY PASS ME BY?

    “There is no greater accomplishment for mentors than when people they


    develop pass them by!”
    My success can be achieved only with others.
    My lessons can be learned only from others.
    My weaknesses can be strengthened only by others.
    My servanthood can be tested only under other’s leadership.
    My influence can be compounded only through others.
    My leadership can be focused only on others.
    My best can be given only to others.
    My legacy can be left only for others.
    So I should commit myself to and celebrate with others!
    (Maxwell, 2008, p. 107, 115).
    WHAT SHOULD I DO IF THEY PASS ME BY?

    “Become a Party Starter”


    “Realize it’s not a competition”
    “What I discovered is that the journey is a lot more fun if you take somebody with
    you. It’s hard to have that perspective if your own success is the only thing you
    celebrate. If you want others to succeed alongside you, then you must encourage
    them, mentor them, and celebrate their successes. Not only does it give them the
    incentive to keep striving for their dreams, but it also helps them enjoy the journey
    along the way. As I began reaching out and celebrating others’ successes, I found
    that the success of others brought me more joy than my success.”
    (Maxwell, 2008, p. 114, 118).
    REFERENCE

    Maxwell, J.C. (2008). Mentoring 101: What every leader needs


    to know. United States: Harper Collins.

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