Five Questions for Mentors

 

• How is it going?
• What are you learning?
• What are you goals?
• How canI help you?
• How am I doing as a helper?

My Strengths

According to the Clifton Strengths Finder, my top 5 strengths are:

1. Learner
2. Intellection
3. Ideation
4. Analytical
5. Connectedness

Giving Feedback

From some course I went on:

• Be constructive
• Focus on positives
• Focus on the behaviour, not the person
• Talk about your observations, not your evaluations
• Give examples
• Favour pull over push
• Encourage self-appraisal
• Know why you are giving feedback – know what you want to change

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Limiting God’s Power

There is a relationship between our perceptions and God’s power in our lives:

• Our perception of God places limits on what he can achieve in us.
• Our perception of ourselves limits what he can achieve through us.

Possibilities for Training

Some time ago, I realised that it is no good relying on my employer to look after my training and development needs. I am fortunate enough to work for an organisation that takes these issues seriously, but even so, they are ultimately my responsibility.

I’d be a fool not to pick up the courses that my employer does have to offer. To this end, I recently had a chat with a chap from the company Learning and Development department. I asked him about training opportunities that suited my aspirations, and he suggested the following:

Pick up Single Training Sessions

There are a lot of ad-hoc training opportunities within the company. I need to keep an eye on what’s available.

Join an Programme

There are also a number of long-term programmes of management training internally.

• The Future Leaders programme might be interesting.

Get Formal Qualifications

There are several national qualifications that might be of interest:

• Management Diploma?

Mission Statement: Second Attempt

I recently wrote about my first attempt to write a personal mission statement. Here is my second attempt:

With God’s help, to become excellent in:

• Leadership
• Relationship 
• Stewardship

And to support others in the development of these same qualities.