BE A MENTOR

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It is a privilege for abled-bodied humans to work. Working is one of the ways that we image God, bring forth beauty, support ourselves and our families, and reflect God’s goodness in the earth; therefore work is sacred gift and responsibility. Our work is not simply our jobs or the things that we do for payment. Through work, especially when we are working with and among the “right people,” we can come to understand our vocation or purpose for being. When done with the right motivations, all work gives us the opportunity to Serve so our being can inform our doing.

Effective delivery of our mentoring programs is critical for our leadership development path. With an intentional preparation and orientation towards innovation, entrepreneurship, and executive leadership, Leadership LINKS, Inc. has a layered strategy and long-term approach to prepare LINKS Leaders (program participants) for the workplace in various career fields. After successful completion of the mentor application process, our mentors receive training and continuous support from our mentoring team to ensure that our our mentors are knowledgeable about our organization and the constituents that we serve, to encourage our LINKS Leaders safety, and to ensure that we are delivering the best high quality programming.

You can become part of our Mentoring Across Generations movement, and positively impact the lives of the next generation of leaders through either of our mentoring programs:

We consistently look for committed mentors who first affirm the ethos of our organization in their personal and professional lives; have the professional expertise and leadership to enhance the Youth LINKS Leaders learning experience; and who are passionate about mentoring the next generation of girl and women leaders. If this is you, then the first step is to LINK Up with Us by completing the mentor application.

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WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR IN A MENTOR?

  • Since we prepare leaders for the workplace, we are looking for mentors with proven leadership skills and expertise in their career fields;

  • Since our Christian faith informs our practices and anchors the “spiritual development” aspect of our mission, we are looking for mentors who can affirm, honor, and support the faith teachings as presented in our Statement of Faith;

  • Since we are committed to our core values of Love and Service, we are looking for mentors who love, have a passion, grace, and desire to serve the targeted group in which they commit to mentoring;

  • Since we are committed to our core values of Knowledge and Network, we are looking for mentors who are eager to grow; learn from and be challenged by our program participants, mentoring team, are willing to learn about the organization; are curious and apply critical thinking to address the historical and social challenges that impact our program participants; and are generous in serving and partnering with our leadership team to collectively fulfill our organization’s vision and mission together;

  • Since we have a team mentoring model, we seek mentors who will invest, enhance, collaborate with, and be willing participants of support, encouragement, and peer mentorship for our growing and national mentoring team;

  • Since we are committed to our core value of Inspiration, we are looking for mentors who will inspire; we want mentors who who will “see,” “call out,” and “support” God’s good purpose in the people that they interact with on behalf of the organization.

Please complete our mentoring application and someone from our leadership team will follow up to provide information to begin the mentoring training process. In the meantime, please subscribe to our monthly newsletter at the bottom of the homepage, then purchase and begin reading the training resource, Mentor for Life.

If you have questions or need additional information, email us at admin@leadershiplinksinc.org.

Perspective Mentors can also get acquainted with Leadership LINKS, Inc., buy reading the following information: