Executive Mentoring
Being a senior executive can sometimes be a lonely job as well as a stressful one. However good you are there are times when a fresh perspective, new ideas and a supportive sounding board could all help to unlock your potential and enable you to reach new levels of success and fulfilment.
But knowing when to seek this help is not always easy and many leave it too late.
Retail Metrics can help you find the right mentor for you. Our partners are practitioners with the right blend of business and compassionate confidential mentoring experience. Having all worked with key international companies, in providing 1-1 Executive Mentoring.
The majority of our mentoring is conducted remotely by phone or online, allowing it to easily fit around busy work commitments and this helps keep our costs low.
Many executives find that what starts as a series of mentoring sessions, builds into a long term relationship.
Case Study: Developing Self Awareness
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Mentoring Michael who is on his first level EVP appointment. Michael is a talented scientist, highly skilled at complex computer engineering projects. Dealing with people as opposed to technology, was not a natural fit for him.
We identified and agreed that he needed to develop his self-awareness. For an Executive a lack of self-awareness can become a career limiting factor, Michael is now three years into his role as an Executive Vice President.
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Mentoring Catherine who after her mentoring partnership was promoted to Director level.
Catherine was a highly capable Buying Executive. She had fantastic product skills but was lacking in effective communication with her team.
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We identified and agreed that she needed to develop more effective communication. So we focussed on her active listening skills.
Catherine is two years into her role and has achieved zero turnover in her team of talented fashion buyers.
Case Study: Effective Communication
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Mentoring Maureen who was a Divisional Manager in the worlds number 1, Computer retailer. Maureen had inherited a team who were a very high spirited competitive bunch of individuals. This had unfortunately led to some conflict in the workplace.
I agreed with Maureen that as a Leader, if you are unable to manage conflict, you should not be in a leadership role. We worked on the fact that you must embrace conflict full on and handling it effectively is a skill.
Conflict is always present in the workplace and can make a healthy contribution when managed effectively. Maureen has been promoted twice and is now a functional leader in this global successful retailer.
Case Study: Managing Conflict
Frequent topics where we are asked to provide support, include;
Executive Presence and Impact
Performance Management
Managing Conflict
Career Progression
Building Trust
Goal Setting and Problem Solving
Entrepreneurial Thinking
Every mentoring partnership is unique and in our experience, the best relationships build and develop over time. If you are thinking about taking the next step, either for you or your team, then please contact us to discuss how Retail Metrics 1-1 Executive Mentoring can help.
