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1/6 Its time to reach out to my mentors and this has got me thinking about mentorship as a whole and I want to share some thoughts on how I believe I have failed and where I have succeeded. I believe mentoring is an active bidirectional relationship between two people. And ...
2/6 I believe that I have benefited from & seen the most benefit from a team of mentors. Where I have failed is when I wasn’t aware of/ignored power dynamics. My early experience was founded on upholding power dynamics as the foundation of traditional mentorship ...
3/6 (advanced career/beginner relationships). However, unchecked power dynamics make it difficult to build strong relationships, b/c the relationships can be coercive. Coercive relationships often overlook the needs of the mentee; dampen their light, ignore the identity and...
4/6 experiences that have shaped them. I have been there & I am sure that early in my career I upheld this. Then I experienced a strong mentorship relationship where my mentor decentralized the power dynamic. They created that environ. through truth-telling, transparency and...
5/6 vulnerability. A space where establishing trust was the priority. By laying this foundation we built and continue to have a strong relationship. Reflecting on that power dynamic and how it was flattened to create a thriving mentorship relationship changed my perspective...
6/6 This is the place from which I seek and build mentorship relationships. #RandomThoughts #TeamMentorship #LeadFromWithin #PowerFromWithin #PowerTransparency #TuesdayTips
