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Business & Executive Mentoring - Putting Your Experience To Work

   How The System Works
The Experience Network acts as a facilitator introducing skilled professionals to companies looking for business professionals to work alongside their existing staff as mentors/consultants.

If you have a skill within a particular market sector, job or specialist field and you want to make use of it, then we want to hear from you. If you have been working at your job or within your field for ten years or more then you have the kind of experience we are looking for.

Many companies today require assistance from external business mentors or consultants, whether because they simply do not have the internal expertise or because they only require the additional resources for a short period.

Our Mentoring Code of Practice

  Business Mentoring
Business mentoring is facilitative business process between the mentor and business managers and owners. The process is focused on the success of the business and is likely to include a mixture of short and long term objectives designed to improve business performance in some measurable or otherwise provable way. 

Mentors are usually current and former CEO's, Company Directors, Senior Executives and Senior Managers who have lead or held key positions within organisations. They are all skilled professionals with a record of achievement to prove it.
 

   What kind of services are mentors expected to provide?
The services provided through our mentors are geared around enabling both individual and corporate clients to achieve their full potential.
They cover areas such as:-
 

	Facilitating the exploration of needs, motivations, desires, skills and thought processes to assist the individual in making real, lasting change.
	Using questioning techniques to facilitate client's own thought processes in order to identify solutions and actions rather than takes a wholly directive approach.
	Supporting the client in setting appropriate goals and methods of assessing progress in relation to these goals.
	Observational, listen and ask questions to understand the client's situation in depth.
	Creative application of tools and techniques which may include one-to-one training, facilitating, counselling & networking.
	Encouraging a commitment to action and the development of lasting personal growth & change.
	Maintaining unconditional positive regard for the client, which means that the coach is at all times supportive and non-judgemental of the client, their views, lifestyle and aspirations.
	Ensure that clients develop personal competencies and do not develop unhealthy dependencies on the coaching or mentoring relationship.
	Evaluating the outcomes of the process, using objective measures wherever possible to ensure the relationship is successful and the client is achieving their personal goals.
	Encouraging clients to continually improve competencies and to develop new developmental alliances where necessary to achieve their goals.
	Working within their area of personal competence.
	Management of the relationship to ensure the client receives the appropriate level of service and that programmes are neither too short, nor too long.

As a business mentor your focus would be to support, advise, and inspire business owners and senior executives in their function, performance, and future development. The key is of course to use your own hard earned business experience to be able to provide professional and experienced advice.

   What does The Experience Network Do?
The Experience Network maintains a database of all its registered mentors/consultants. When a company contacts us with a particular requirement we search our database for a suitable mentor/consultant and contact them with the details of the assignment. Assuming that the consultant is interested and able, we then confirm this with the client and make the necessary arrangements for an initial introduction. In some cases clients may like to conduct an additional interview themselves whereas in others they are willing to accept our recommendations and the contract will be done without any further time and effort being expended by either party.

   As an associate business mentor, what can I expect from The Experience Network?
As an associate member you will be added to our database of professionals and we will try and help you find engagements for you. Not in terms of a permanent job but contract engagements that you will work as an independent contractor. As an independent you will not be employed by The Experience Network but will work through us as an independent consultant. Engagements may be very short requiring as little as a day or anything up to six months and beyond. Some engagements are ongoing requiring the consultant to 'be available' for consultation at short notice, whereas others may be for part-time attendance of two to three days per week or even as little as once a month. Some engagements require a presence, others may only require you to provide advice/expertise by either telephone consultation or communication via email/letter.

The benefits of becoming an associate of The Experience Network include:

	All of the benefits of basic membership, plus;
	Selecting your assignments
	Avoid hassles over fee negotiations
	Assistance with all aspects of contracting
	Help with preparing a résumé [Not a c.v.]
	Help with designing and setting up a website of your own
	Sharing thoughts/experiences, exchanging ideas with like minded consultants

   What sort of mentor/consultants does The Experience Network accept?
The short answer is almost anyone who wants to provided they have the necessary expertise and experience required. As a facilitator we do not, repeat do not make any preconceived judgements. We never, ever discriminate. We make our judgements based on skills and expertise ONLY. What our clients are after is a solution to a problem, nothing more, nothing less and it is our aim to provide that solution regardless of age, sex, creed, colour, physical disability, etc. Our clients require your skills, knowledge and expertise, how it is packaged is of no concern. (In certain rare cases there may be some discriminatory selection criteria, but this will only be due to for example; physical demands or legislative requirements).

   What sort of mentor/consultants use The Experience Network?
Our consultants include; Directors, Senior Managers, Accountants, I.T. Specialists, Technical Engineers, H.R. Advisors, Health & Safety Experts, , etc. in fact the list is almost endless. If you have experience, skills and know how then some company somewhere is looking for precisely those attributes whilst you are reading this.

   What if I am already established as a self employed contractor?
So much the better. If you are already established then you'll be ready to start almost immediately. If you have your own customers they of course remain yours and any new clients you gain through The Experience Network will of course help you expand your business reputation.

   What Does It Cost?
Surprisingly little.

• Consultant Registration.
  We charge a nominal registration fee of £ 5.00 and an annual subscription fee of just £10.

• Associate Membership.
  We charge a registration fee of £ 125.00 and in addition to this we levy a small charge on assignments that we attain for them based on the assignment rate (if, through your connections with TEN you are contacted directly by a potential client and we are not involved - no levy is charged).

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