#027 Make Mentoring Matter | Busting myths and misconceptions about mentoring

#027 Make Mentoring Matter | Busting myths and misconceptions about mentoring

From Network - Women in Mining South Africa (WiMSA) by Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard

November 9, 2022 · 42 min

About this episode

Briony Liber discusses common myths about mentoring with guests from the WIMSA Mentoring Programme.

Briony Liber, mentoring Lead for the WIMSA Mentoring Programme, chats with Mbali Milanzi (Tshepa Basadi Group | MD); Melody Mmesetse (WIMSA 2022 mentee and MEng Geotechnical Engineering student); Ndamulelo Mutshinya (WIMSA 2022 mentee and Anglo American Platinum | Section Ventilation Officer) about myths that seem to get in the way of mentoring relationships. Some of the myths that get debunked in this conversation include: - people are too busy to be mentors (it's not true - sometimes you just need to ask); - you need to be impressive before someone will be willing to mentor you (it's not true - in fact, most people start their journey towards being impressive by asking someone to mentor them); - mentors need to know everything and be able to mentor you on everything you want to know (it's not true - there are no unicorn mentors!); - mentoring needs to be formal and it needs to take the form of a meeting (it's not true - mentoring can take whatever form you and your mentor decide will work for you); - mentors are hard to find (it's not true - sometimes we just aren't looking at everyone in our networks as potential mentors). One of the key points made in the conversation is that…

People in this episode

Host: Briony Liber

Guests: Mbali Milanzi, Melody Mmesetse, Ndamulelo Mutshinya

Topics covered

  • mentoring
  • myths about mentoring
  • mentoring relationships
  • professional development
  • networking

Keywords

  • mentoring
  • myths
  • professional growth
  • networking
  • WIMSA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tshepa Basadi Group, WIMSA, Anglo American Platinum

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