Are you an experienced business owner and entrepreneur looking to share your knowledge and experiences? Do you want to help aspiring business owners to grow their businesses while learning and developing themselves? Join our Business Mentor Program as a mentor and embark on a journey of guidance and growth.
Become a Business Mentor
Make a difference as a mentor
Being a mentor is a highly rewarding experience. It’s an important voluntary experience that is critical to developing and nurturing local businesses, ultimately helping our community and local economy.
A mentoring relationship is based upon encouragement, constructive discussion and comments, openness, mutual trust, respect and a willingness to learn and share. Mentors are not formal advisors, consultants or coaches.
Your reward as a mentor will be seeing another person grow and develop, building connections with the business community, and feeling valued for sharing your expertise.
Can I be a mentor?
A business mentor is someone with extensive experience and knowledge in business, either through owning a business, operating a business or working at a high management level. Mentors have walked the highs and lows, and dealt with growth and change in business.
A successful mentor takes a special interest in helping other aspiring business owners to develop their own successful ventures through improved processes and practices.
To be a mentor, you need:
- extensive experience and knowledge in business
- available time
- to be a great listener, who listens objectively and asks the right questions
- tact, patience and diplomacy
- clear communication skills.
To find out more or register your interest, contact Council’s Economic Development team at business@gleneira.vic.gov.au
