Mentoring & Critical friend
Challenge: You’d like an informed independent view
There are many situations in which you may feel the need for an objective, independent and confidential view of your plans and policies.
You may for example feel that:
- You would welcome a further informed perspective on your organisation’s aims and strategies;
- You would like to discuss your plans and methods openly with someone outside the organisation who is experienced enough to comment and challenge;
- Both you and your organisation would be strengthened by a process of critical support; and/or
- You would like a regular conversation about your own development in the context of your organisation.
The Right Person is Key
- Your focus is likely to centre on finding someone:
- With the right combination of expertise and empathy;
- With business acumen as well as fundraising experience;
- Who can challenge your ideas while still helping you to feel supported; and
- Who can offer strategic as well as practical advice, and who has a wide range of people skills.
Solution: Tarnside Mentoring & Critical Friend
Tarnside has a core philosophy to add value, through a holistic business approach, to help make client organisations more sustainable for the long term. The organisation’s leaders and the quality of leadership that they provide are key factors in this.
Patrick Boggon, Director of Tarnside Consulting, has a unique combination of organisational, business, personal and practical skills and will work alongside you and/or other senior executives on a one-to-one basis, providing the type and depth of support that you need.
Benefits of Expert Support & Advice
A person offering this level of support will be more than an expert in charity fundraising. This is not just about getting advice, it’s about a confidential sounding board you can trust, someone with the flexibility to act as critical friend, mentor or coach as the need dictates. Some of the most creative and successful ideas emerge from the free and open discussion that an independent expert can enable.
You will feel confident that they will add value not just to you but, through you, to your organisation as a whole. Organisation leaders will feel confident to move forward with their ideas and plans.
Tarnside Mentoring, Coaching & Critical Friend
Patrick Boggon, Director of Tarnside Consulting, will work alongside you and/or other senior executives on a one-to-one basis providing, as required:
Mentoring
Using his extensive training and experience in business, marketing and fundraising, Patrick acts as a catalyst for new thought and change. He enjoys working with senior executives in the not-for-profit sector, challenging and refining their ideas and offering support in formulating practical, effective strategies.
Coaching
Patrick offers insight and guidance to leaders and decision-makers, helping them to achieve their full potential.
Critical Friend
With a diversity of business experience under his own belt, Patrick can offer a personal, supportive yet challenging service. He will listen to your ideas and discuss them with you, acting as a sounding board, helping you refine them and, if required, offering practical help with solutions.
Results
Added value to yourself and your organisation through:
- Personal support just when you need it;
- Development of your leadership and management skills and capabilities;
- The opportunity to test ideas, giving you greater confidence and conviction in selling them on;
- Adopted strategies which have already been challenged and tested; and
- A more effectively evolving organisation.
A pdf with an introduction to Mentoring & Critical Friend work can be printed here
