BMI works with economic development organizations, industry associations and communities to create opportunities for experienced entrepreneurs to push their own envelope. With best practices training in business mentorship, you are in a position to accelerate your own growth.
Sharpen essential relationship-building skills.
They expand your network and last you a lifetime. Every time you practice one of the principles of mentorship, your circle of influence grows.
Learn business by teaching it.
When you put effort into sharing your own experience in a way someone else can understand, you gain insight. You become increasingly aware of how you came to know what you know. This puts you in a position to learn more.
Find your blindspots.
A new entrepreneur may ask questions to which you have no ready answer. Finding it leads to learning about something new. We all have blind spots and gaps in our knowledge and experience. It is human nature to ignore them until someone we can trust asks the right question.
Address your blindspots more effectively.
The best mentors equip their protégés with the skills they need to ask questions of themselves. Practice mentorship to discover how you learned to do this for yourself over the years as a successful business person. Discover it by teaching it. Become more aware of the process so that when you encounter a blindspot, you address it more skillfully.
Reinvigorate yourself and your business.
Enthusiasm is contagious. There is no one more enthusiastic than a new entrepreneur. Become inspired to discover new ways you or your company can contribute. Take on a protégé. See how he or she makes a difference in the community.
Raise your community profile.
Your own company's success depends in part on the success of the community. The globe is shrinking but the competition is not. Increase your own market share by increasing general interest in the activity of your region or industry.
Become a better person.
Empathy, listening, caring and the ability to build genuine trust make a person more effective in every aspect of their lives.
Leave a legacy.
"... it is the way to immortality." - Dalai Lama