How to get the most out of Mentoring with Alan Berkson

Mentorship is one of the most important ways to accelerate your career.  Take a listen to this conversation with Alan Berkson and host Natalie Benamou, as they discuss How to Get The Most out of Mentoring.

Alan Berkson is a member and Ally of HerCsuite™ and the Coupa Empower Cross-Organization mentorship program. Alan is the asker of questions and host of the podcast, Cosmic Street Corner. He is also the Director of Thought Leadership at FreshWorks where he sets the strategy and creates an industry leading through leadership platform that will elevate the perceptions of FreshWorks as a trusted partner.

Wherever you are in your career, having more than one mentor over the arc of your professional life will add to your ability to find career fulfillment.

How to Work with a Mentor:

• Share what you need and where the mentor can be most helpful for you.
• Mentors are looking for the mentee to follow through and take action.
• As a mentee, you will gain the most success by sharing what worked and where you got stuck.

Three Ways Mentors Help Mentees:

1. Find out who you are and your purpose.
2. Discover what is going to be a meaningful next step in their career.
3. Build trust with clear expectations.

How to Get the Most out of Mentoring:

• Do the work your mentor asks of you.
• Take your mentor's advice.
• Follow through, be prepared and share what has changed since your last conversation.

“Nobody is successful in life without mentors.” – Alan Berkson

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HerCsuite™ offers customized mentorship programs including the Coupa Empower's Cross Corporate Mentorship Program where mentors and mentees were matched 1:1 across four organizations, Coupa, Commvault, Freshworks and Greif.  Organizations like Terumo BCT are using HerCsuite™ platform as a mentorship circle hub and mentors were matched to groups of mentees for their women's ERG.  Find out more about how your organization can develop and keep more female talent with mentoring at HerCsuite™ Solutions and Schedule a Demo

Natalie Benamou is the Founder of HerCsuite™ providing organizations a framework to keep and develop more female talent at every career phase with mentorship programs, turnkey speaker programs and masterminds for women leaders. Our DEI Council is a cross organization peer-to-peer learning circle providing strategic insights to link initiatives to the business goals. Check out the Newest Leadership Circle HerCsuite™ NEXT for Women over 50. 

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LinkedIn: Natalie Benamou | HerPower2 Lead | HerCsuite™

This podcast is sponsored by HerCsuite™ Events.  Credits: Thanks to Julie Deem and the Business Podcast Editor for editing our podcast!