Becoming a mentor for someone - why is it beneficial for yourself?

Suppose you are well-versed in your area (probably in the SAP software) and have studied all the possible nuances of your profession. In that case, this is an excellent opportunity to think about becoming a mentor for someone. PROSAPIA offers you to find out what the benefits of mentoring are for yourself.

Improving your soft skills

To effectively teach other people, you need to have advanced software skills. First of all, to clearly convey your opinion, explain the material so that your wards quickly assimilate new information for them. And if you have achieved high professionalism as a specialist, but there are some gaps in soft skills - mentoring others will allow you to improve them as well. By teaching others, to learn yourself - the benefit here is obvious.

Revise your own experience

When building the educational process, you will have to highlight the most important things for each topic, as well as recall specific cases from work practice and point out the most common mistakes to beginners. You may have to update some information and summarise your experience. In any case, it will not be superfluous. And if you do not know the answer to any question, this will be a reason for you to understand an unfamiliar topic.

Improving communication in the team

And again, about software skills. By teaching someone and thus improving your emotional intelligence, and empathy, you will be able to improve communication with your team - with colleagues or subordinates. And since a mentor needs to find his approach to each student, this will also allow him better to understand the needs and requests of all team members.

Overcoming impostor syndrome

Many people devalue their achievements due to the so-called "impostor syndrome." Revealing yourself as a mentor, you will be able to see how many valuable things you know. Sharing your knowledge with others will give you confidence, essential to overcoming imposter syndrome.

An additional benefit for your company

Developing as a mentor, you will be able to "pump up" to the level when the best specialists of the company are invited to specialised conferences or master classes. This is a plus for the company's reputation, brand recognition, and attractiveness in the labor market, and this will also be your advantage.

As you can see, mentoring opens many pros for the mentor himself. It remains only to use them to your advantage, which is what we wish you!

We recommend that you pay attention to other publications in our series of articles on mentoring:

The benefits of mentoring: Improving through the wisdom of others

Finding the right mentor: Tips for choosing the best guide for your career

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