Saturday, September 9, 2017

COLLABORATION in Mentoring

How important is COLLABORATION to the success of a Mentoring relationship? 

Here are a few quick and important thoughts from business leaders we’ve interviewed in the past. We’ve combined their comments on this important point together for your convenience and made them available in a video on our YouTube Channel. In addition, we’ve captured the essence of their comments and placed then further below in this post. We’ve also provided links to additional video interviews we’ve had with each business leader addressing other aspects of Mentorship. You’ll be able to click on their name to take you to those additional video resources.


Enjoy the Mentorship journey! 

Seen below are some of the key points that were raised by our experienced panel of Mentorship and Business Experts on this topic! 

We’d ask you to consider how COLLABORATION in the Mentorship relationship could be improved as you view the video and invite you to add your comments or experience to either our BLOG Post or in the comments section of our video on YouTube.

NOW, please enjoy the video on this topic and you can also read the comments provided by our experts on this topic:



* David Saxby - Spark Communications Inc.

  • Both the Mentor and Mentee have something of value to contribute: skill sets, knowledge and ideas to share


* Claire Clark - Aboriginal Women's Professional Association

  • It’s a partnership - Requiring working together and effort on both parts


* Norm Greenwood - Greenwood 2 Management

  • Working together, cooperating to make things work


* Jared Smith, Principal at "Incite"

  • The relationship requires that both come together prepared to listen, share stories and follow-up on commitments


* Peter Bradbury, MBA, CA - Calgary Volunteer Business Mentor (Retired)

  • It’s a sharing of ideas and working to build them


* Al Petersen - Petersen Buick GMC

  • Team work with your people, individuals and groups working to do it together


* Dr. William A. Gray - Mentoring Solutions

  • Mentoring is reciprocal - it’s two-way
  • It’s Empower and Equip the Protégé/Mentee
FYI - Additional video interviews with Dr. William A. Gary can be seen by clicking the following:
     Dr. William A. Gary on Mentoring Tips & Insights

     Dr. William A. Gary on Mentoring Relationships


PLEASE feel free to share your comments to our post. 
We'd be very pleased to hear from you and let others benefit from comments related to your experiences for improving Mentoring Relationships.

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