So today we are on the 12th skill in our squiggly sprint. I'm going to talk a little bit about

mentoring. And the thing with this one, we've always tried with these skills to think about why

is it really useful in your squiggly career. And when Sarah and I were talking about this, we

realised we've got slightly different reflections on why mentoring is useful for our squiggly careers.

So we thought we'd share because maybe you're more like one of us, for example,

of what mentoring can do for you and your development.

So for me, mentoring is useful for me and my squiggly career because it helps me to create a lot

of clarity. So yes, I get insight that's really valuable. But actually,

for me, if Sarah is mentoring me, the fact that I have to prepare for that conversation with

Sarah and think, well, what is it I want to talk about? And what are my questions for Sarah?

And how do I articulate myself in that conversation? So it's really clear and I get the most from

it.

That whole process creates such a lot of clarity for me that, to be honest, I mean,

even if Sarah didn't say anything, she just say things that are useful and lots of mentors do,

but I'd actually still help myself.

It's almost the act of preparing and thinking through how to get the most out of a mentoring

conversation that by doing that I often am able to help myself.

So it's almost the process as well as the conversation itself.

For me, my best mentors,

it's because I've come away from those conversations inspired

and motivated and energized,

I think it's how those mentors make me feel. So I think I feel like I can

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