Robin's Mentoring Matters Blog
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Control Freak or Positive Person of Influence – You Cannot be Both
While enjoying a cup of coffee the other day, I was thinking about some of our world leaders, and wondered how many of them are, in reality, control freaks? How many of them are authentiv positive people of influence who show sincere care and compassion for all...
Mentoring Young People: Making a Positive Difference in their Lives
Encourage others to reach their potential and achieve greatness How important are your face-to-face relationships to you? In recent times I had the privilege of sharing mentoring thoughts with a relatively new mentoring program serving the area in which I used to...
Finding Inspiration – Mentors who shape our lives
When you were young, who was your hero? Do you still have heroes? Who are your guiding lights, the people who have and are shaping your life? While walking along the beach on a beautiful Autumn day recently - a privilege in my retirement! - I was reflecting on all the...
Building a Resilient Youth: The Power of Mentoring
I am continually reminded of the importance of young people understanding that they are responsible for the choices they make each day; that every choice has a consequence and, if they are experiencing challenging times or abuse of any sort, they can choose to speak...
An important message of hope to share – what do you do?
Do you have a message of hope to share with the wider community? How do you respond when you watch the television news and you see helpless babies and young children injured by war, explosions, violence, displacement or through some other event beyond their control? I...
10 Strategies to become an effective mentor and leader
While enjoying a cup of coffee, I was reflecting on the many leaders I have either worked under or met during the past five decades. Which were the leaders I had the most respect for? What specific management or leadership qualities or skills did they possess? A few...
6 Mentoring lessons from the grandkids for all age groups
I am well into the writing of a new book promoting the spirit of mentoring which is due out in 2024. There is a lot of doom and gloom in the global marketplace. We seem to be desperately short of global leaders with integrity who genuinely care and are striving, no...
14 top motivators for employers of young adults
I have such gratitude for the people who moved alongside me and guided me in a variety of ways when I entered the workforce during difficult and challenging economic and political times. There were so many unknowns - what was the future looking like? How do I budget?...
Transform millions of young lives with a new education narrative
“Create a school community in which every child can experience unconditional love (care), and feels listened to, respected, valued and special; a community offering a relevant and meaningful education.” (Robin Cox) How our global community has changed since the advent...
A revolutionary and unique approach to mentoring
Looking for some quick tips and ideas to encourage your work with teenagers - as a teacher, coach, parent, grandparent, or youth worker? Perhaps you feel you would like more training, or a refresher course, to prepare you for a mentoring role, though struggle to free...