Mentoring

I am all about giving back to the community that has supported and helped me, so I am now offering mentoring that is open to all and is entirely FREE. No strings, no catch, just happy to offer my time and support to those that will find it valuable. I’ve written more about what Mentoring can be below the form, but some examples of things you might want to get from mentoring:

• Guidance and Advice: Insightful advice on career and personal development.
• Skill Development: Help in developing specific skills relevant to your goals.
• Career Advancement: Strategies and support for career progression.
• Goal Setting: Assistance in setting and achieving short- and long-term goals.
• Reviews: Constructive feedback on CV, LinkedIn, Website, and more.
• Problem Solving: Advice on navigating challenges and obstacles.
• Industry Knowledge: Insights into industry trends and best practices.
• and anything else you’d like to chat about with someone impartial.

Mentoring is open to anyone interested in Quality, Software Development, Engineering Leadership, or People Management. I always find its good to have at least one video call to set up a mentoring relationship, but after that ongoing support can be done in the best way to support you, be that further calls, emails, messenger services, The Quality Duck Slack space, or a combination of all of them.

If you’d like to request a call with me, fill in the below form and I’ll be in touch!

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Please tell me a little about what you would like to discuss in your mentoring session *

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Mentoring is mostly available Monday to Friday between 4pm and 6:30pm U.K. time but I can generally be flexible.

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What is mentoring?

‘Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, a push in the right direction’

John Crosby

I see a lot of confusion between mentoring, coaching, and training. Although they all form part of a bigger personal growth and learning journey, they are all quite different. The primary focus of mentoring relationships is to develop skills and to build self-reliance for the mentee and are ideally suited to soft skill development, more so than technical expertise. A mentor might:

• Provide direction and advice and should ‘open doors’ for mentees.
• Use the benefit of their experience to show their mentee how to approach something.
• Provide a neutral ‘sounding board’, assure total confidentiality, and have no agenda other than assisting their mentees in their development and to reach their goals.

If this sounds like something you would like from me, then do get in touch and we can arrange to setup some time to do introductions and establish if a mentoring relationship between us is the right for you.