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Mentorship Language

Posted by: Ross Laird in mentorship 2 years, 4 months ago

Ten Statements You Should Never Say

Calm down.

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Self-Mentorship

Posted by: Ross Laird in mentorship 2 years, 4 months ago

Sit quietly. Turn down your thoughts. Breathe.

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Mentorship in the Workplace

Posted by: Ross Laird in mentorship 2 years, 5 months ago

Professional supervision, management, and leadership are particular mentoring roles that require great openness to personal development. Basically, the best supervisors are those with the greatest self-awareness. And those with good self-awareness make good mentors. But it is not a simple exercise to establish your role as a mentor supervisor. Here are some suggestions for how to develop that role more easily:

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Starting to Write

Posted by: Ross Laird in creativity 2 years, 5 months ago

Stop whatever else you are doing. Close your email application and Facebook, turn off the background music, silence your cell phone. Put it all away. Do it now. I'll wait.

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