What is employee mentoring all about?

What is employee mentoring all about?

Employee mentoring is about helping employees achieve three things in life; career satisfaction, personal development and financial empowerment. Most professionals will have chosen a particular career for any number of reasons. They may have chosen the career because jobs in that sector pay well, or they were “A” students in the material subjects in school. Others may have chosen a career because it was the only available opening at the time.

Nonetheless, once you get a job the question of whether you enjoy what you do becomes a nagging reality sooner than later. Few people want to spend a life time doing what they least enjoy, but it is also possible to learn to enjoy what you do. If you are unable to reconcile the question of whether you do what you enjoy or enjoy what you do to your own satisfaction, it is probably time for some deep reflection on your life purpose. If not, you will begin to feel that you are wasting your time on the job.

The second question you must answer as an employee is whether you are growing and developing as a person. Are you developing skills, knowledge, understanding and wisdom that makes you better and better and a more fulfilled person each day? Are you gaining experience, changing and realizing your full potential? Does your job become you or are you becoming your job? The opportunity to develop, express and contribute your gifts, talents and abilities to society is one of the most rewarding aspects of your career. Fulfillment does not have to be tied to promotion or climbing a corporate ladder. If you do not grow and remain stunted in life, you alone bear the disappointment of never doing all you could to become all you could to be of service to God and to humanity around you.

Thirdly, every employee wants a job that pays well. Ironically, very few employees leave employment with much money. While finances are a major consideration when taking up a job, financial empowerment is not a priority engagement for employees, yet it is an important life goal. Financial goals should encompass more than spending money on things you need and desire and include accumulating wealth and capital to sustain you in enterprise after employment. Having a financial plan to empower and sustain yourself during and after employment is a mark of a successful career. Leaving employment without anything to show for all those many years of labor says more of what you did not do than what you achieved on the job. It is also a recipe for frustration and depression. Employment should be a profitable, wealth creating experience. Achieving financial empowerment is a liberating career accomplishment.

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