The Mentor Ship

Professional, personal, and career coaching and mentoring questions, insights, and advice for coaches, coachees, mentors, mentees, and anyone who continuously strives to better themselves.

David L.
- Emotional Intelligence
People Who Give Advice Like This Have Very Low Emotional Intelligence
Inc Magazine - Bill Murphy Jr.
You've been asked for advice. You want to be helpful. But is your emotional intelligence up to the task? This is a story about how to give good advice--and how to identify bad advice before it can hurt...
Jul 19
David L.
The Leader as Coach
Harvard Business Review - Herminia Ibarra and Anne Scoular
Idea in Brief The Situation To cope with disruptive change, companies are reinventing themselves as learning organizations. This requires a new approach to management in which leaders serve as coaches...
Oct 25, 2019
David L.
How To Create The Coaching Habit
Forbes - Dan Pontefract
A friend of mine was recently reading a book when she posted an observation onto social media. “Irony: Buying a book to help simplify and organize only to get bogged down in the weight of the information...
Feb 27, 2016
David L.
Want Your Employees to Stick Around? Make a Point to Ask Them 2 of These 20 Questions Every Month
Inc Magazine - Laura Garnett
This is your manager tool kit for 2020 With job-hopping on the rise, retaining top talent is a big focus for every business owner. And while it's often difficult to compete with companies making better...
Jan 13
David L.
- Mentoring
Real Mentorship Starts with Company Culture, Not Formal Programs
Harvard Business Review - W. Brad Johnson and David G. Smith
We hear it all the time. Ask executives and managers how junior talent is encouraged, developed, and supported, and you’ll hear some variation of this refrain: “We’ve got a mentoring program!” Even vague...
Jan 12