“You need a mentor!”
Perhaps you have heard these words somewhere along your career path as well. But, what makes a good mentor?
Most people would describe a mentor as someone who “has been there and done that,” and now is sharing their knowledge and experience. Basically a mentor is a trusted advisor or leader.
But, so what exactly?
Doug Lawrence, creator of TalentC (https://talentc.ca/) has taken that “so what” and created an entire program and two books as an answer to this question.
Doug started his professional career as part of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and worked in this field for 25 years. He described giving advice and insight to younger members of the force, and then realized that this was something he had a talent for. He sought out mentor programs, and realized that many programs focused on teaching the “knowledge and how to” of mentoring, but did not focus on making the mentor “truly competent.”
His passion for mentoring allowed him to become an International Certified Mentor, and has obtained his Certificate of Achievement – Mentoring, his Certificate of Competence – Mentor and his Certificate of Competence – Journey Mentor from the International Mentoring Community (IMC)
“A good mentor is going to leverage their lived experience… through story-telling.”
Doug also uses his experience to speak to organizations. He is part of the Canadian Speaker Bureau. (https://speakerscanada.com/doug-lawrence/) He is Doug is a volunteer mentor with the Sir Richard Branson Entrepreneur Program in the Caribbean. (https://unite.virgin.com/unite/branson-centre-entrepreneurship-caribbean)
Sir Richard Branson is quoted as saying, ” The best way forward is to give more people everywhere greater power to build their own destinies.” Doug Lawrence embodies this with is mentor program, as well as part of his role as an author.
Books
Doug Lawrence has authored two books. His first book, The Gift of Mentoring (https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Mentoring-Lawrence-Doug-ebook/dp/B0147WVG6I/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1K6E0N5X5XUHA&keywords=the+gift+of+mentoring&qid=1652151970&s=digital-text&sprefix=the+gift+of+mentoring%2Cdigital-text%2C205&sr=1-1&asin=B0147WVG6I&revisionId=&format=2&depth=1) . Dough describes the two-way relationship that a mentor and mentee have, as well as the chemistry that has to exist in order for the relationship to be fruitful.
Learn More about Doug Lawrence:
Website (https://talentc.ca/)
LinkedIn (https://ca.linkedin.com/in/douglawrence-mentor?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F)
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