How To Mentor Someone Without Ruining Their Career

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1. How To Mentor Someone Without Ruining Their Career Steve Hickey | @stevehickeydsgn UX Strategist at Fresh Tilled Soil
2. What is an apprentice?
3. ap•pren•tice a person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages.
4. We should have apprentices.
5. Sure!
6. …
7. …
8. Crap. What do I do now?
9. apprentice !== intern
10. LESSON 1: You have to define what you’re trying to create.
11. LESSON 1: You have to define what you’re trying to create.
12. LESSON 1: You have to define what you’re trying to create.
13. LESSON 1: You have to define what you’re trying to create.
14. LESSON 2: A mentor’s job is to amplify their apprentice’s abilities.
15. LESSON 2: A mentor’s job is to amplify their apprentice’s abilities.
16. LESSON 3: Sometimes your apprentice isn’t going to like you. But that’s ok.
17. LESSON 3: Sometimes your apprentice isn’t going to like you. But that’s ok.
18. LESSON 3: Sometimes your apprentice isn’t going to like you. But that’s ok.
19. LESSON 4: Don’t plan to hire your apprentices.
20. LESSON 4: Don’t plan to hire your apprentices.
21. LESSON 4: Don’t plan to hire your apprentices.
22. LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.
23. You are responsible for what happens to them.
24. If they fail, it is because you failed them.
25. LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.
26. LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.
27. LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.
28. LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.
29. Thank you Steve Hickey | @stevehickeydsgn UX Strategist at Fresh Tilled Soil
30. Q&A? Steve Hickey | @stevehickeydsgn UX Strategist at Fresh Tilled Soil