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#026 Make Mentoring Matter | What mentors want their mentees to know

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This episode is one in a series of episodes focussing on Making Mentoring Matter.

Briony Liber, (Career and Self Leadership Coach, WIMSA Committee Member and Lead for the WIMSA Mentoring Programme) chats with Maria Combrink, Lauren Gamba, Vilencia Parsaraman, and Pity Pheko on the topic of what mentors want their mentees to know.

In the course of this episode they conclude that what they want mentees to know are the following: find a mentor, show up, own your journey, be vulnerable, cultivate self-awareness, expand your mindset, unlearn so that you can relearn, ask for help, take a risk, give back, be active in the relationship and reevaluate as you go.

Take a listen to this episode to hear the full exploration of what mentors want their mentees to know.

Guests in this episode:
Maria Combrink (WIMSA Committee Member, Principal Consultant - Data | CSA Global)
Lauren Gamba (Career Coach, Black Belt and Geologist)
Vilencia Parsaraman (WIMSA 2022 Mentee, Junior Process Engineer | Weir Minerals)
Pity Pheko (WIMSA Mentoring Committee Member, Production Section Manager | Thungela)
18 Oct 2022 English South Africa Non-Profit

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