Coaching and mentoring are very similar in their process and approach.  However, the distinction is vast: while a coach supports you in acquiring skills and knowledge from your own resources, a mentor imparts advice, expertise and knowledge.  A mentoring program is aimed at developing an explicit skill and can therefore run for just a few sessions, or to develop a range of skills, a program could run for 6 months or more, like our 6-month Small Business Mentoring Program .

Our ideal mentoring clients are small business entrepreneurs , knowledge professionals like project managers, business consultants, systems developers, attorneys, accountants and artisans.  If this is you, we want to work with you!

For practical skills in sales, project management, business analysis, working with emotional intelligence, developing a high-performing team, ProMentor's mentors help you get this.  We will guide you in a personalised development programme, helping you acquire the skills you need to get the results you want.

Mentoring topics

Our mentoring programs are customised to suit your learning requirements.  We co-design a program that meets your content, timing, style and budget requirements.  If you can't think of anything now, here is a list of topics we regularly encounter when asked to provide mentoring:

• Entrepreneurship and small business leadership
• Sales
• Project management
• Business analysis
• Negotiation
• Communication
• Facilitation
• Team development

How does it work?

Mentoring interventions involve regular face-to-face meetings, team mentoring, group mentoring , telephone sessions, live-action mentoring and direct observation.  If needed, ProMentor's coaches and mentors are available via email and telephone between scheduled meetings.

Coaching and mentoring are neither therapy nor counselling.  In mentoring, you get skills and competencies just when they are most useful to you and in a way that suits your learning style.

ProMentor's 6-Phase Process Model

Our well-tested coaching and mentoring process model comprises six phases:

1. establish a strong relationship,
2. clarify the mentoring opportunity,
3. assessment,
4. gain commitment to the mentoring goal,
5. do the mentoring and
6. close out and review.

Small Business Mentoring Program

For small business owners, we have a specially designed Small Business Mentoring Program just for you!

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