Alina Minakova
Monday, March 30: The Business of Mentoring: Helping
Others to the Top
Today we have
learned about The Business of Mentoring and how people are able to help each
other at a business to make the it successful. Also, I saw the difference
between work atmospheres in companies.
My day started
with a visit this amazing place-John Hancock building with beautiful views of
Chicago. This inspired me. When I saw this big city from the observation deck I
thought about all of opportunities that we have and that nothing is impossible
for us. Also, we met the Associate Sales Manager, Christopher Rondeau who
talked about the way that he does business.
During these
two weeks of business excursions we are working on important subjects like
networking, mentoring and volunteering.
Mentoring is
the help. Mentor explains to the mentee how the business works. The mentee needs
to ask questions about the work process to learn more and to be successful in
what he or she is doing. One of the most important things during this process
is to build a relationship, to be open and to be precise in what you want to
learn. The mentee is taking advices and experience. The mentor can also be
beneficial because this new relationship with motivate and help a person succeed
in a part of the network. During your career it is very important to build
professional network because in different situations you may need some help.
Also, when you have a good network, you have more opportunities to collaborate
and to develop your business.
I liked example
of mentorship on Google. Person who comes to work at this company has from 6
month to 1 year to learn. Mentors from Google consider this person as a friend
who can ask questions about everything. Also, this company has some mentorship
opportunities, for example Women@Google and leadership coaching. I would like
to talk about Google a little bit more because for me, this is an example of
what a good company looks like. As I already said, mentoring is important for
Google, but for intern and extern networking to. Relationships between
employees are the center of attention, for example they are eating all together
to know each other and have team events. All these events and company polices
provides mentorship for employees, good relationship and great teamwork!
We finished our
day with a good lunch at Lyfe Kitchen and amazing macarons at Alliance
Patisserie!
Alina, you made very perceptive comments about differences between company environments, and about the connection between mentoring and networking.
ReplyDeleteI wish you had attended our speed-mentoring event to experience additional mentoring and networking first-hand.
Good job noting the importance of both internal and external networking!
Alina,
ReplyDeleteWould you like to work for google?
Because for me, it's a dream
Hi Adam,
DeleteYes, i would like to work in Google because it is a company who takes care about employees!
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this day. I learned a lot about voluntieering, mentoring and Networking.
What is the most important between all this three skills?