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www.newera-controls.co.uk

www.hertschamber.co.uk

www.businesslink.gov.uk

www.4networking.biz

www.iod.com/herts

www.fsb.co.uk

www.i10.org.uk

www.businessballs.co.uk

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What is Business Mentoring ?

It’s lonely at the top

Mentoring the Schizophrenic Director

Mentoring is good for you

What does a Business Mentor do?

Leading Businesses Forward

Arctic lessons in Leadership

Lead a horse to water

Change Matters

What do you know about your team?

Latest Updates

Understanding the market

As some of you know I have built SM Mentors predominantly on the telephone. That is I call and discuss business issues with owners of Small to Medium enterprises (£500K - £25Mn) on a three month cycle to be ready to help when they need it. As part of this I continuously get asked how other businesses are faring. This month I have taken a more disciplined view and recorded the comments to get a bellwether of what is going on. The answer in one word is mixed. Click on the link to see the results but you will see some are doing well, others not so well and some terribly! Looking back I have spoken to over 50 businesses this month and a further 100 or so in the previous 2 to 3 months (not a lot of calling in August!). I have tried to extract some of the comments giving a range of businesses (both in terms of size and type) to reflect this feedback. Be aware it is highly subjective and restricted to Hertfordshire based businesses. I hope you find it useful. If you want to discuss your business or this survey give me a call.

Mentoring and Walking - Taking a different route

I am a very keen walker especially around the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside. Now one can get in a rut in walking as in business of always going the same way. I consider this principle in my latest article and find amazing value in taking a different route. I describe how I went for a walk with one of my clients near his home to great benefit to both parties. Read on and perhaps we can go for a walk too!

Buying or Selling a Business

I do a fair bit of Merger & Acquisitions (M&A) work primarily on behalf of one client. Read this article to understand some important mentoring lessons

Mentor or Counsellor ?

I am a Business Mentor not a Counsellor but I do have some common frames which are illustrated in these articles covering Ethics and the use of Carl Roger’s Person Centred conditions in my mentoring practice

Ethics & Business – Why Bother

http://www.smmentors.com/Apr07articles.html

Management and Mentoring with Unconditional Positive Regard

http://www.smmentors.com/feb08articles.html

Management and Mentoring with Empathy

http://www.smmentors.com/mar08articles.html

Management and Mentoring with Congruence

http://www.smmentors.com/apr08articles.html

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