We’ve enjoyed speaking with a number of groups in more detail on this topic.
Why? Maybe it’s because so many of us (myself included) can so easily find ourselves ‘investing’ in only a few areas of our lives, to the detriment of other areas and the important people around us.
For those of us who’ve travelled for some time down the ‘road of life’ – I believe there’s a growing appreciation and valuing of the positive input provided by others, particularly from someone we’ve viewed as being a Mentor.
If we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll admit that even with the best of intentions, it’s easy to made 'mistakes' along the way. Hopefully, these were ‘few and far’ between, and more-so, that we’ve used them as learning opportunities, becoming better as a result!
Reflecting back, there have been times where we’ve been able to invest some of our time and energy towards the sharing of our experiences with others. Hopefully these valued individuals found that beneficial to them, in some meaningful way. Perhaps time will reveal that more clearly.
* What we recognize and perhaps you've also experienced, is that by having been involved in the process of mentorship, in having shared our mutual experiences, challenges, and the overcoming of what seemed to have been 'huge obstacles' in our way ... both of us (Mentee and Mentor) have become better for having walked down this path together.
Mentorship changes lives. It helps the one who is mentored to grow and develop into more of their potential. At the same time, and while it may have seemed insignificant at the time, for the one who Mentors others, it can also be very profound.
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| Dr. Carson Pue, Quadrant Leadership Inc. |
On that note, it was a pleasure and privilege to meet and interview Dr. Carson Pue, Executive Mentor Coach with Quadrant Leadership Inc. on a recent trip to Vancouver, British Columbia.
Dr. Pue says that Mentoring is about sharing life ... encouraging and fostering growth based on your experiences. In our interview, he recommends that younger leaders find a mentor to help them develop for a number of outstanding reasons which he shared in our discussion. He also encourages more of us to become Mentors, citing the immense sense of satisfaction that Mentors can receive through the process. In his observation, “Mentors who are engaged in the process with their Mentees tend to stay fresh and vibrant!”
Carson Pue is recognized as a ‘leader of leaders’ who has an ability to identify leaders and invest wisdom into their development through mentoring, teaching and spiritual guidance.
He is the best selling author of “Mentoring Leaders: Wisdom for Developing Calling, Character, and Competency” and has also authored “Mentoring Wisdom: Living and Leading Well.”
For fourteen years he was the President and CEO of Arrow Leadership Ministries regarded as a premier leadership development mentoring process for emerging and executive leaders.
Today Carson is the Executive Advisor for a multi-million dollar city building project of First Baptist Church Vancouver called “Heart for the City.” He also heads up Quadrant Leadership Inc. doing executive mentoring, speaking and writing. With his encouraging style, creative ideas, engaging humor and years of experience, Carson is well fitted for this role. In his straightforward manner Carson shares both from success and failures, believing that leaders learn from both.
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