Kildare
County Enterprise Board
Mentor - Business Counselling & Advice
The Mentor Programme
Mentor - Originating from the Greek :
experienced and trusted advisor
The Mentor Programme is designed to enable the Kildare County
Enterprise Board to provide individuals / companies with
temporary advisors to help identify and overcome obstacles in
their development stages.
- The panel of advisors is made up of mature, experienced
people, all of whom have volunteered their considerable
expertise to the scheme.
The Mentors Role is:
- To listen
- To advise and counsel
- To help identify problems and areas for improvement
- To suggest solutions and assist in drawing up an action
plan.
He or she contributes independent, informed observations to
aid a company in its decision making process.
Areas of Involvement
These typically include:
- General Management
- Financial Structuring
- Production Planning
- Marketing
- Distribution
- Corporate Organisation
- Strategic Planning
The Mentor will:
- Outline guidelines to follow
- Point out strengths and weaknesses in proposed projects
- Act as a confidential sounding board.
However, the mentor is not a professional consultant and,
under the terms of the programme, may not become actively
involved in the day to day management or assume the role of
executive in the company.
How the programme works
- Each request for a mentor is dealt with individually.
- Careful consideration is given to "match" the
requirements of the individual / company and the
specialised skill and expertise of the prospective
advisor.
- Several possible mentors will be suggested and the final
selection made by the individual / company on the basis
of information supplied by the individual / director and
an assessment by the Boards staff.
- The mentor signs a confidentiality agreement before
taking on any assignment.
- The mentor and the company may meet up to 10 times per
twelve month period.
- Either the individual / company or the mentor may
terminate the arrangement at any time.
- If assistance is needed in more than one field of
expertise, one or more additional mentors may be assigned
to the individual / company.
- The assignment of a Mentor is free (Initially out of
pocket expenses (£60 per day) are recouped expeditiously
by the Enterprise Board to the promoter).
- The appointment of a Mentor is subject to the approval of
the Directors of Kildare County Enterprise Board.
How to join the Mentor Programme
An individual / company, whose company / business falls within
the remit of the County Enterprise Board, which feels itself in
need of temporary, totally confidential advice may request the
assignment of a Mentor. Mentors may be assigned to
either start-up or existing business situations.
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Enterprise Board, The Woods, Clane, Co. Kildare.
PHONE:
(045) 861707 - FAX:
(045) 861712
kceb@indigo.ie