USBED WRFY Nov 2017

Leaders in all spheres are increasingly expected to navigate mentoring relationships. Although the need is greater than ever before, informal mentoring has not kept up with the challenges of business. Niël Steinmann, South Africa’s leading authority on mentorship, suggests a structured and intentional approach to mentoring. In his latest book, Crucial Mentoring Conversations, he explains that success in life is dictated by the quality of the relationships we build and maintain.

Mentoring nourishes others to grow and act with greater confidence.

This book explores the various conversations that are crucial for mentoring relationships, and offers rich advice and practical tools. It enables readers to engage in deeper and more honest conversations with those they mentor, and to help mentees create new levels of self-awareness and opportunities to transform situations and relationships. According to Steinmann, when you mentor intentionally, opportunities for crucial conversations present themselves all the time. This includes finding your purpose, navigating career challenges, developing strengths, and managing personal and professional relationships and networks.

Some of the topics covered:
• Ingredients of successful crucial mentoring conversations
• Who should own or drive these conversations
• When to have crucial mentoring conversations
• Creating successful crucial mentoring conversations
• The power of storytelling
• How to ensure honesty and safety in your conversations
• How to end a crucial mentoring conversation