What does being a Mentor do for me?
As you contribute to someone else's success you become enthused and stimulated to contribute toward your own. Mentoring re-energizes you. For most people this means being more committed to developing their own businesses.
Will I learn anything useful from the experience?
Protégés ask questions you may not know the answers to. In answering them you too may learn something new. You relive experiences and remember the concepts and strategies you have used but forgotten. Mentoring not only makes you aware of blind spots, it makes you that much more aware of the secrets to your own success.
How would being a Mentor help my business?
Business mentoring enables you to have a greater impact on your community's growth and development. Community growth can only help you as a business person because it increases your local market. Growth also increases the profile of your community—which can be beneficial for export trade businesses.
Are there opportunities for me to improve my own skills through mentoring?
Surgeons are only certified after they "see one, do one, teach one," and for entrepreneurs the steps are the same. This program provides a supportive environment where you will have the opportunity to practice existing skills, apply your proven knowledge and share experience with like-minded individuals. Your own skills will improve that much more by teaching and you will acquire new ones as you rise to the challenge of working with your protégé.
What is the benefit of being a BMI Mentor?
In addition to being motivating and enlightening, mentoring is legacy-building. Participation in any mentoring program will build positive recognition for yourself and your entire organization. The BMI network extends province-wide, so the benefits of being a BMI mentor do too.