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90 Day Mentoring Challenge

This year I signed up for the The 2021 90 Day Mentoring Challenge with Mark Smith nz365guy.  As I was looking for help on my direction in my career path in Microsoft Business Applications.  In this 90 Challenge that Mark has set up, he has some assignments that you do.  In these assignments he has some books that he has you read. I have learned so much about myself and what I could do to improve.

The mentoring challenge is broken into Six Cohorts

  1. Communications (How to become an effective communicator, written, spoken, social media)
  2. Consulting (How to become an effect consultant)
  3. Technology (The Microsoft Business Application Landscape)
  4. Microsoft & Community (How to engage with Microsoft and the Business Applications Community)
  5. Career Paths (What are the Microsoft Business Applications career paths and what’s a good fit for you)
  6. Personal Brand (How do you add value and stand out in a global market)

Cohort 2 on Consulting was one of my favorites of all the Cohorts.  In this cohort I learned a lot about myself and what I want in my career.  In this Cohort he had us read Getting Naked: A Business Fable About Shedding The Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty by Patrick Lencioni.  In this book it talks about the three fears. 

  1. Fear of Losing the Business
    1. No one wants to lose clients or revenue, but clients want to know you are there for them and not just the bottom line.
  2. Fear of being Embarrassed
    1. No one likes being embarrassed or making mistakes.  This fear includes asking  asking dumb questions and making dumb suggestions.
  3. Fear of being Inferior
    1. This fear is about making everything about the client, and doing the dirty work and also taking a bullet for the client.  A great consultant is someone who makes it about the client and not themselves.  Taking a bullet for the client, I think is a hard thing for people to do.  For a great consultant I feel like they sometimes have to take the blame even when it’s not their fault, to help through hard times.

If you have the time and are looking to improve yourself, here is the link to sign up for the 2022 90 day Mentoring Challenge. You can buy this book from Amazon, Getting Naked: A Business Fable About Shedding The Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty

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