The Business Mentoring Service is available to anyone planning to start a new business or running an existing small enterprise in the East Midlands.
A Business Mentor is...
- Experienced in Business
- Trustworthy and Professional
- Trained and up to date with current practices
A Mentor is someone to share ideas with, someone who will listen to your problems/issues and will help wherever possible. A friend to your business. The Mentor service will pair you with a suitable business mentor who will be available to support and guide you until you agree that you no longer need the service.
You will agree with the Mentor how often and how long you wish to see them. It is your business and you remain in control of the business and of the relationship.
A Business Mentor will...
- Listen, listen, listen
- Guide
- Explore, suggest options
- Empower, show clients "how to"
- Offer expertise, information, ways of finding out
- Support and encourage
- Share their own experiences
A Business Mentor will not...
- Pre-judge the business viability of client's ideas
- Dictate or tell clients what to do
- Be an expert on everything, they will help clients to find out
- Create false expectations
- Make assumptions
- Adopt a judgmental attitude
