How Mentors Help Leaders Grow
Just how do mentors help leaders grow?
Mentors help leaders grow and lift them up. Being a mentor is a wonderful thing. Helping lift up on-the-rise leaders and help them grow through a mentorship relationship helps the mentor and the mentee.
Outside of mentorship, leaders can help one another out too. Your colleagues need your support to help them thrive and grow….because leadership isn’t for the weak.
Obstacles in Business
Everyone faces tough times. Businesses close, projects fall apart, new launches are delayed, and poor relationships on your team can impact many other elements of the workplace . Leaders need other leaders to help. No one understands the struggles that leaders face better than other leaders. It’s important to lift leaders up and help them grow in the process.
Be There When Your Colleagues Need You
Leadership is its own club. People who lead need other people who lead to be there when times are hard…whether they ask or not. If you see someone in the leadership community struggle, get in there and offer your support. Reaching out and letting someone know you care can make all the difference in how well they cope during a tough time.
Note- leaders aren’t just work folk. A struggling mother or father is a leader. If you see someone who needs support, reach out and help lift them up.
Celebrate When Your Colleagues Win
It’s natural to feel a tinge of jealousy when your “competition” gets a win. Great leaders celebrate big wins whether they’re for the competition or their friends. Your genuine enthusiasm for other people’s success will only make yours stronger. There’s no limit to the amount of success available to you and those you are in leadership with. Get excited about their successes and genuinely congratulate and celebrate with them.
Step in When Your Colleagues Fall
Sometimes most workers as well as leaders have a setback or run into a hurdle they cannot overcome. An illness, injury, or even a discredit can set someone in leadership back. Be willing and able to step in when your colleagues falter. Offer to take some of their workload, offer to assist them in practical ways, or take the initiative and mentor for them in their absence. You’re a leader and there’s no better time to lead than when your fellow leader can’t.
Being in leadership is a sisterhood and brotherhood unlike any other. There’s a comradery between leaders who have worked hard to encourage, mentor, and motivate their teams. They need the same encouragement themselves. Leaders lean on leaders who ‘have been there.’ These understand and have the unique abilities to support them and help them grow too.
Who Can be a Mentor?
Reliable mentors can be anyone with the willingness to offer help. They could be a trusted colleague, supervisor, or manager. They could also be peers or even subordinates who have exhibited leadership qualities you admire. There are many ways to become a mentor and the most important thing is that you take the time to do it.
There’s no harm in starting small. Offer to help out with a task that’s not too difficult or time-consuming. This will give you an opportunity to get to know your mentee and see if there’s a potential for more. As you build relationships with those you mentor, they may be more likely to reach out for your help when they need it most.
Mentorship doesn’t have to be confined to the workplace. Anyone can be a mentor, whether they’re family members, friends, or even strangers. The most important thing is that you have the willingness and the time to offer help.
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