by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Gospel-Centered Mentoring
Nurture a meaningful relationship with mentees by making them a priority and spending informal time with them. Let’s return to Kung Fu Panda. Master Shifu’s initial methods of training Po to become the Dragon Warrior fail miserably. After decades training some of the...
by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Gospel-Centered Mentoring
So, what does it look like to give mentees personal, prioritized attention? In the following lessons, we will focus on a formal method of mentoring. However, much of mentoring, training, and relationship-building actually takes place in informal settings, such as...
by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Gospel-Centered Mentoring
Prepare for the mentor session by setting the mentor schedule and location, preparing your heart for the session, and preparing for the session itself. Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group once said, “If you ask any successful business person, they will always...
by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Devotions
This is a tale of two “s” words. The first one occurred in first grade. On classmates’ birthdays, our teacher would make a big birthday card out of construction paper which we would all sign throughout the day. As one particular card was getting passed around,...
by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Gospel-Centered Mentoring
Sometimes, distance or other complications make it difficult to meet with mentees face-to-face. If you want to keep a pattern of bi-weekly mentor sessions, you may need to meet with them online.[1] Understandably, many mentors who are compelled to meet online mourn...
