Mentor with Your Talents, Not Your Title
About this episode
This episode discusses a strengths-based approach to mentoring that emphasizes inclusivity and accessibility over traditional seniority-based methods.
What if mentoring had nothing to do with seniority — and everything to do with strengths? In this Squiggly Shortcut, Sarah makes the case for a more inclusive, more accessible approach to mentoring that every team can make happen straight away. 🎯 What You'll Learn – Why strengths-based mentoring is more useful than traditional senior-to-junior mentoring – Three ways to make it work: one way, two way (strengths swapping), and one to many – How to make your ask for mentoring specific, easy to say yes to, and genuinely flattering to receive – Why building a spreadsheet of team strengths could be one of the most useful things your team does this year 📚 Resources Mentioned Episode 122 — How to make your strengths show up and stand out For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Need some more squiggly career support? Download our free career tools Sign up for our Skills Sprints Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Sarah
Topics covered
- mentoring
- strengths-based approach
- team collaboration
- inclusive mentoring
- career development
Keywords
- mentoring
- strengths
- team strengths
- career tools
- inclusive mentoring
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Squiggly Careers, Squiggly Careers Newsletter
Books & works: Learn Like a Lobster, Episode 122
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