Any hints / info on what to look for in a mentor / how to find one? (Specifically for community building.)
I’m starting as a national group director in september, and among my focus topics for EAG London are group-focused things like “figuring out pointers / out of the box ideas / well-working ideas we haven’t tried yet for our future strategy”, but also trying to find a mentor.
These were some thoughts I came up with when thinking about this yesterday: - I’m not looking for accountability or day to day support. I get that from inside our local group. - I am looking for someone that can take a description of the higher level situation and see different things than I can. Either due to perspective differences or being more experienced and skilled. - Also someone who can give me useful input on what skills to focus on building in the medium term. - Someone whose skills and experience I trust, and when they say “plan looks good” it gives me confidence, when I’m trying to do something that feels to me like a long shot / weird / difficult plan and I specifically need validation that it makes sense.
On a concrete level I’m looking for someone to have ~monthly 1-1 calls with and some asynchronous communication. Not about common day to day stuff but larger calls.
Any hints / info on what to look for in a mentor / how to find one? (Specifically for community building.)
I’m starting as a national group director in september, and among my focus topics for EAG London are group-focused things like “figuring out pointers / out of the box ideas / well-working ideas we haven’t tried yet for our future strategy”, but also trying to find a mentor.
These were some thoughts I came up with when thinking about this yesterday:
- I’m not looking for accountability or day to day support. I get that from inside our local group.
- I am looking for someone that can take a description of the higher level situation and see different things than I can. Either due to perspective differences or being more experienced and skilled.
- Also someone who can give me useful input on what skills to focus on building in the medium term.
- Someone whose skills and experience I trust, and when they say “plan looks good” it gives me confidence, when I’m trying to do something that feels to me like a long shot / weird / difficult plan and I specifically need validation that it makes sense.
On a concrete level I’m looking for someone to have ~monthly 1-1 calls with and some asynchronous communication. Not about common day to day stuff but larger calls.