Powerhouse Business Mentorship is the Definitive Business/Entrepreneurial Mentoring HandbookMentoring embraces vision-building, handholding, numbers-crunching, and encouragement. It's a two-way street consisting of the mentor (advisor/coach) and the mentee (the committed participant). For the mentor, Powerhouse Business Mentorship offers powerful, success-oriented techniques and proven strategies that can assure a mutually effective mentorship experience. For the mentee, this book counsels on how to choose a mentor, how to control the process and how to get the most out of the relationship. Mentoring is not all about 'You need to do it this way, my way', but more so 'Tell me what you are trying to do and where you want this opportunity to take you'. Powerhouse Business Mentorship also recounts Jay's mentoring journeys. Some were great and delivered memorable outcomes, some merely good, and others best described as...'colorful'.Everything Jay has learned from his mentoring encounters has found its way into Powerhouse Business Mentorship. Anyone leading or participating in mentorship needs to have Powerhouse Business Mentorship as their indispensable handbook.
Jay J. Silverberg's flair for business has earned him the reputation as a "business rebel". He has started and run several successful ventures.As an entrepreneurial trainer and mentor, Jay has developed innovative programs for both the beginner and the advanced businessperson, and has mentored countless entrepreneurs, newbies, business tire kickers, well-established businesspeople, professionals, business owners and managers; from start-ups to multinational Fortune 500 firms with projects that have spanned the globe. Delivering doable advice in a user-friendly, no-nonsense style is Jay's personal trademark. Books by Jay Silverberg: A Cynic's Business Wisdom: Winning Through Flexible Ethics; Dead Fish Don't Swim Upstream: Real Life Lessons in Entrepreneurship (co-authored with Bruce E. McLean); Stuck Entrepreneurs: Escape Routes Out of The Quicksand; The Start-Up Junkie's Playbook: A 30-Step Plan to Launch Your Business; Powerhouse Business Mentorship: A How-To Handbook for Mentors and Mentees.
Powerhouse Business Mentorship is a must for anyone about to enter or is already in a mentor/mentee relationship. Practical advice on finding the right fit, how to work together and manage expectations, all based on real-world situations. Mentors would be well advised to give their mentees a copy of this book at the very first meeting. Sooner if possible." - Lex Dunn, President, Encore Coaching "As always, Silverberg's message is timeless, effortless, and profound. With so much experience under his belt, it is clear he has waded through the river from one side to the other and back again. The personal anecdotes, written with wonderful relatedness and joviality, add to what is at once a very important guide to mentors and mentees alike but also a novel of life experience. Silverberg lays out the book in detailed measures whereby you may flip to the section that best resonates for you to get what you need, or alternatively you can read it from the beginning to the end to absorb all the sage wisdom. Information is distilled in a concise and easy to read format resulting in a guide, which, although detailed, flows swiftly. Silverberg's wry wit peppered throughout and his way with the English language makes this a pleasure to read." - Sara-Jane Brocklehurst, J.O.A.T. Consulting
