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MENTORING WITH OUR BACKS TURNED
Flash back 30 years or more in the construction industry and you will find that the majority of the individuals that started at that time had to, as it was called, "pay their dues". The norm in the industry was to advance an individual, but to have qualified and engaged accountability partners around them to teach or shore them up as they were exposed to new challenges. What has changed today? What hasn't changed?
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THREE STEPS FORWARD, TO MENTOR OR NOT
Rarely within construction companies today do you see official written and followed mentoring programs. If you currently have a mentor or mentors that you communicate with on a regular basis, then you are fortunate. You have probably already realized in order to maintain a mentor/protege relationship, you have to learn to be respectful of the mentor's time, their privacy, trust and you have to be the initiator most of the time with follow-up and checking in.
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