This strategy will go a long way toward supplying the guidance you need, while sustaining a positive business relationship. As a strategy, you also should spread your mentoring requirements across multiple business customers. This provides multiple inputs and proves less burdensome to one mentor. Keep in mind that a mentor can help you to move toward where you want to go, or to provide insight into other avenues. Mentors are not in a position to recommend what business direction to pursue, nor should they.
Time lines help ensure that both the mentor and the mentee are focused on achieving an objective.
At the end of mentoring process, you should not only have demonstrable results, but should have gained the knowledge to move ahead independently. The personal growth and independence is what will generate more business.