{"id":10824,"date":"2016-11-23T10:43:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T15:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/?p=10824"},"modified":"2022-12-07T14:59:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T19:59:34","slug":"learn-to-be-an-inspiring-mentor-advice-from-louise-st-pierre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/2016\/11\/23\/learn-to-be-an-inspiring-mentor-advice-from-louise-st-pierre\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Be a Better Leader: Learn to Be an Inspiring Mentor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"louise-st-pierre_opt\"<\/a>How to Be a Better Leader<\/b><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Learn to Be an Inspiring Mentor: Advice from Louise St-Pierre<\/b><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Leaders and experienced managers are often called upon to act as mentors for younger people, but they may also mentor more senior managers.<\/p>\n

Here are 4\u00a0tips<\/strong> to being an inspiring mentor, just like Louise St-Pierre, McGill-HEC Montreal Executive MBA 2018 Class Patron and Cogeco Connexion’s outgoing president.<\/p>\n

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    Know yourself and be authentic<\/b><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It is very difficult to really open up, to get to know others and to be a mentor, when you do not know yourself or when you do not allow people to see who you really are. Louise is known to be real and authentic and in order to develop those qualities, she had to learn to recognize who she is:<\/p>\n

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    [\u2026] je suis reconnue pour mon courage d\u2019agir, j\u2019ose et je communique de mani\u00e8re directe. Je suis qui je suis et j\u2019ai un grand besoin d\u2019authenticit\u00e9\u2009! De m\u00eame pour vous, vous \u00eates qui vous \u00eates\u2009! Volubiles, charmeurs, humoristiques\u2009? Tous intelligents avec votre style propre. Et c\u2019est tr\u00e8s bien comme cela.\u2009\u00a0\u00bb<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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      Understand your role <\/b><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      By accepting the role of Patron of the cohort, Louise made sure to fully understand what this role meant. She then explained it to “her” cohort. Any mentor should ensure that they understand what is expected of them and explain their interpretation of the role to their mentee to ensure that everyone’s expectations are met.<\/p>\n

      \u00ab\u2009Mon r\u00f4le \u00e0 moi sera de partager avec vous mes connaissances, mes exp\u00e9riences, les bonnes et les moins bonnes, ceci afin d\u2019ajouter d\u2019autres outils dans votre bo\u00eete \u00e0 outils \u2014, et ceci afin d\u2019atteindre vos objectifs, vos r\u00eaves, vos ambitions de carri\u00e8re et appr\u00e9cier votre style de vie\u2009!\u2009\u00bb<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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        Be open and generous<\/b><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Each sponsor of the EMBA approaches his\/her role in a different way, but each time their openness and generosity really make an impression and inspire participants.<\/p>\n

        \u00ab\u2009Vous allez pouvoir compter sur mon soutien, mon d\u00e9vouement, mon grand int\u00e9r\u00eat dans la poursuite de votre succ\u00e8s. Ce privil\u00e8ge de marraine arrive aussi avec des attentes de mon c\u00f4t\u00e9\u00a0: j\u2019esp\u00e8re apprendre de chacun d\u2019entre vous \u2014 donc vous ne me d\u00e9rangerez jamais \u2014 si je peux vous \u00eatre utile par mes contacts, mon r\u00e9seau, mes conseils, n\u2019h\u00e9sitez pas \u00e0 communiquer avec moi\u2009!\u2009\u00bb a dit Louise avant de donner ses coordonn\u00e9es directes aux participants de la cohorte.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

        To be a mentor, it is essential to be open to others, to be open to sharing one’s knowledge, one’s contacts, to have the needed devotion to helping others grow. By sharing their experience and knowledge, mentors also open themselves to learning and growing, helping themselves develop both as leaders and mentors..<\/p>\n

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          Stay positive<\/b><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          When giving advice, or setting expectations, it is important to remain positive, and to stay away from moralizing. Here is an example how Louise underlined her expectations very clearly, while doing so in a positive and aspirational way.<\/p>\n

          \u00ab\u2009Vous \u00eates privil\u00e9gi\u00e9s de faire partie de cette cohorte, car vous allez avoir enfin le temps de prendre du recul, d\u2019apprendre, de partager et de collaborer avec des gens qui ont fort probablement de grandes ambitions comme vous\u2009! Votre vie changera, vous vous adapterez, vous allez grandir\u2009! Mais, ce grand privil\u00e8ge vient avec des responsabilit\u00e9s\u00a0: vous allez devenir un mod\u00e8le pour votre entourage et dans votre entreprise. Et qui dit privil\u00e8ge, dit donc responsabilit\u00e9s et attentes, grandes attentes. On s\u2019attendra de vous de partager vos nouvelles connaissances, de donner l\u2019exemple, de contribuer positivement \u00e0 la prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9 de votre entreprise, d\u2019amener des changements, vous serez un leader observ\u00e9 et imit\u00e9\u2009!\u2009\u00bb<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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          How to Be a Better Leader Learn to Be an Inspiring Mentor: Advice from Louise St-Pierre Leaders and experienced managers are often called upon to act as mentors for younger people, but they may also mentor more senior managers. Here are 4\u00a0tips to being an inspiring mentor, just like Louise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,3702858,759848,759846,33,131,759847],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10824"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10824"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11945,"href":"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10824\/revisions\/11945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}