From the course: Being a Good Mentor
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Discernment and decision making in mentoring
From the course: Being a Good Mentor
Discernment and decision making in mentoring
- Sometimes proteges approach mentors like a magic eight ball. It is so tempting, as a mentor, to try and magically have all the answers to proteges' questions. By way of example, I'm gonna share how to guide your protege through a discernment process so they can make great decisions on their own. Recently, a protege came to me for help in making big decisions. She told me she was having major problems with her boss and was unhappy in her marriage. She said she wanted to quit her job, get a divorce, and take her kids and move overseas to be with her family. When my protege presented all this to me she asked me point blank, what should I do? Here's the Three-Step Discernment Approach I shared with her. The first step is to pause. The primary rule of good discernment is to avoid making any decisions when you are in a place of desolation, like a state of panic or extreme emotion. So, first, I suggested that she pause just for today before any decisions were made. The second step is to be…
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