In mentoring, a more experienced individual acts as an adviser or guide to a less experienced person. A mentor should be able to share with you practical and hard-won wisdom that will make a difference to your performance and career trajectory. Mentoring is more directive than coaching, with less “drawing out” and more “putting in”.

Usually, the mentor will have deep experience in the mentee’s organization or sector.  I have 35 years experience in the application of economics and evaluation to public policy, with the International Monetary Fund, UK government (HM Treasury and DCLG), Deloitte consulting, the National Audit Office and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. I have worked in technical delivery, managerial and senior leadership positions, and I have an extensive personal network of contacts. So if you work in those or adjacent areas, or are thinking about moving into those fields, I can certainly offer mentoring. But my more general experience in management, leadership and people development, built over more than 20 years in senior positions in a range of organizations, may also be a source of useful mentoring input. 

Coaching and mentoring can and do overlap; you may be interested in a combination of the two approaches. We can discuss and clarify this in our initial conversations.