March 2009

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AIESEC Conference

 Today I am going to the AIESEC Conference in Oslo, Norway to talk about mentoring.

 

Also here I will be conducting my seminar "The Big Five", I hope there will be a lot of people. More about this and some pictures will come a bit later.

 

If you are in Oslo, come by and join the seminar, it is in Chateau Neuf, Slemdalsveien 15.

 

 
It is right next to Politihøyskolen, Musikkhøyskolen and Meninghets fakultetet. It`s within walking distance from Majorstua which has stops for the subway(t-bane), tram (trikken) and buses. 

 

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Campus Kristiania Career days - Seminar "The Big Five"

 As you all know by now I have a seminar called "The Big Five" where I am talking about the five tools in being a mentor. The seminar has grown very popular and the student at Campus Kristiania stood in line to get to the seminar. Taking only 30 participants it`s difficult to reach evry students who wants to participate.

 

 

All 32 students find the seminar very useful and had a great time with other students they barely knew and suddenly they were telling them personal things.

 

After the seminar they all would try the tools to be a better student and to get other students better.

 

Can a trainer ask for more?

 

  

 

 

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Myth about mentoring #6 TAKE TO MUCH TIME

Myth:
To participate in mentoring will take too much time
Fact:
Participants report that mentoring takes less time than they expected. The key to dealing with the issue of time is effective time management. 

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Campus Kristiania Career days

 

Tomorrow I am going to Campus Kristiania in Norway and Oslo to conduct a three hours seminar in "The Big 5".

 

Learning the students to act as a mentor when it comes to projects and exams. I will post some more from the day, pictures and program for the whole event later.

 

 

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Business Mentoring Works . . . Ask Rose

This is a very good example for a business mentors good work. For Entrepreneurs it should be an opportunity to get a mentor early in the business. They can help with a lot of things.
 
With her mentor's help, Rose built a successful business loan application and qualified for the loan she needed to open the doors of her new store.
 
Read more her: http://micromentor.org/index.html 

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The Next Generations of Leaders

 

 

 

You will never maximize your potential in any area without coaching.  It is impossible. You may be good. You may even be better than everyone else.  But without outside input you will never be as good as you could be.

 

Strong words from Andy Stanley the author of the book "Next Generation Leader"

 

 You can order it from www.amazon.com to read more.

 

 

 

 

 

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The adept book

 Right no I am working at my second edition for my first book, still in norwegian. But I hope it will be English/American within short time.
 
The book is a working book for the adept. I use the world adept, and others use protegee, mentees and maybe some other names. I use adept because it it is from the Latin language and the meaning is  a apprentice. 
 
Do you have some opinions about what is best to call the person. Please write it here at my blogg.

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Reading about mentorship at Wikipedia

The first recorded modern usage of the term can be traced to a book entitled "Les Aventures de Telemaque", by the French writer François Fénelon In the book the lead character is that of Mentor. This book was published in 1699 and was very popular during the 18th century and the modern application of the term can be traced to this publication.
 
This is the source of the modern use of the word mentor: a trusted friend, counselor or teacher, usually a more experienced person. Some professions have "mentor programs" in which newcomers are paired with more experienced people in order to obtain good examples and advice as they advance, and schools sometimes have mentoring programs for new students or students who are having difficulties.
 
Today mentors provide their expertise to less experienced individuals in order to help them advance their careers, enhance their education, and build their networks. In many different arenas people have benefited from being part of a mentoring relationship, including:

Maybe you know some famous people using a mentor?
 
Read more her: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentor

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