Welcome to our introduction to Mentoring Me Mentoring You, where Les Gill and I - Brenda Etchells - share with you our thinking behind this new podcast.

We are two business mentors who like to chat about our profession - learning from each other with every conversation. This led to us co-authoring our book "Addressing the Stag Syndrome" - a guide to successful business mentoring.

In this introductory episode Les explains the concept behind the Stag Syndrome and why we believe that business owners and leaders don't have to go it alone.

So, don't be a stag, and join in the conversation by liking and subscribing to this podcast.

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Join Brenda and Les as the delve into the first chapter of their book - Addressing the Stag Syndrome - which looks at the use of models within mentoring practice.

In the podcast they discuss when and how to use models, go into detail on two models - GROW and ELECTRIC - and remind the listener that whilst models are a good framework they should act as guiding principles rather than prescriptive formulae.

As a mentor grows in experience they will start to evolve and adapt models to suit their own style and approach - that is what makes every mentor unique.

Join in the conversation in the comments below by sharing your views on the use of models to structure a mentoring session.