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Steve Hickey
November 03, 2015
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How To Mentor Someone Without Ruining Their Career
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Transcript
How To Mentor Someone Without Ruining Their Career Steve Hickey
| @stevehickeydsgn UX Strategist at Fresh Tilled Soil
What is an apprentice?
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.
We should have apprentices.
Sure!
…
…
Crap. What do I do now?
apprentice !== intern
LESSON 1: You have to define what you’re trying to
create.
LESSON 1: You have to define what you’re trying to
create.
LESSON 1: You have to define what you’re trying to
create.
LESSON 1: You have to define what you’re trying to
create.
LESSON 2: A mentor’s job is to amplify their apprentice’s
abilities.
LESSON 2: A mentor’s job is to amplify their apprentice’s
abilities.
LESSON 3: Sometimes your apprentice isn’t going to like you.
But that’s ok.
LESSON 3: Sometimes your apprentice isn’t going to like you.
But that’s ok.
LESSON 3: Sometimes your apprentice isn’t going to like you.
But that’s ok.
LESSON 4: Don’t plan to hire your apprentices.
LESSON 4: Don’t plan to hire your apprentices.
LESSON 4: Don’t plan to hire your apprentices.
LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.
You are responsible for what happens to them.
If they fail, it is because you failed them.
LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.
LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.
LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.
LESSON 5: You are responsible for your apprentice.
Thank you Steve Hickey | @stevehickeydsgn UX Strategist at Fresh
Tilled Soil
Q&A? Steve Hickey | @stevehickeydsgn UX Strategist at Fresh Tilled
Soil