A new report on workplace mentoring from the Association of Business Mentors (ABM), Unlocking Impact, highlights a clear tension: While 70% of businesses say that mentoring boosts performance and 98% would recommend it, 37% admit that they struggle to measure outcomes. It's one thing to feel that mentoring is beneficial for us. It's quite another to know and be able to prove its efficacy.
Afterwards, MyBigCareer followed up and offered me one-to-one sessions with a mentor at Wiggin called Scott to help me with my exams and university applications. My dream was to become a detective and I was planning to apply to universities lower down the pecking order, but during the two-and-a-half-month mentoring process, Scott made me believe I could aim higher so I applied to UCL as well. My mentor saw the potential in me that I couldn't see in myself
No one is coming to save you. No one other than you is responsible for your career. Not your supervisor. Not the managing partner. Not your firm. What you make of yourself is entirely in your hands. The decisions you make. The effort you put forth. The money you spend. What will separate you from other lawyers, what will allow you to break ahead of the pack, is your time, energy, and money, not your firm's.
"It has been a little weird. Usually during this time, I'm still working out and getting ready for camp. Right now, I'm just working out to stay in shape, personally."
"I feel incredibly fortunate to be doing work I love," Quinones noted. "It allows me to introduce people from all walks of life to our justice system, to help shape and support rising legal talent, and to mentor future generations of judges, lawyers and leaders."