Mentoring and Leadership Concepts

Mentoring

• Mentoring is a guidance relationship between a more experienced person and a less experienced one.
• Mentors provide advice and support to help develop younger individuals.

Leadership

• Effective leaders possess strong communication skills.
• Leaders are skilled at setting and achieving goals, communicating them clearly.
• Leaders are adaptable and multi-skilled, applying their skills flexibly.
• Leaders are self-aware, understanding their strengths and weaknesses, and surrounding themselves with complementary individuals.
• Leaders excel at teamwork and collaboration.
• Leaders are receptive to feedback and willing to adjust strategies for improvement.
• Management involves authority and following orders, while leadership centers on inspiring followers to achieve a shared vision.

Coaching

• Coaching is a form of development where an experienced person (coach) guides a client towards a specific goal.
• The coach provides training and support to help the learner (coachee) reach their personal or professional goals.

Enterprise Culture

• Enterprise culture promotes innovation, leadership, and initiative within an organization.
• It fosters flexibility and problem-solving skills in employees to deliver quality results for all stakeholders.

Development of Enterprising Behaviours

• Planning and organizing: Enterprising individuals might plan community events to raise funds or offer services.
• Communication: They develop communication strategies to engage with internal and external stakeholders.
• Problem-solving: They often establish social enterprises to address community needs.
• Proactive and autonomous action: They identify and address community issues, initiating activities and services to improve the situation.

Sectors

• Primary: Raw material production (mining, fishing, farming).
• Secondary: Manufacturing (factories, mills, smelters).
• Tertiary: Service provision (hospitality, transportation, healthcare, real estate, finance).
• Quaternary: Information supply (media, education, finance).
• Quinary: Essential service provision (public services, education, healthcare).

ANZSIC 2016 Industries

• 6321 Health Insurance: Providing insurance for healthcare expenses.
• 8531 Dental Services: Offering general or specialized dental care.
• 6931 Legal Services: Providing legal representation and advice.
• 1811 Industrial Gas Manufacturing: Producing industrial gases (organic and inorganic) in different forms.

Innovation

• Innovation is introducing new or improved goods, services, or processes.
• Two categories: new goods/services and new processes.

Technology-Based Innovation

• Technology-based innovation often stems from invention, discovery, and R&D.
• Skills related: proactive/autonomous actions, problem-solving, learning/development, adaptability.
• Factors contributing: capital investment, improved infrastructure, economics of scale, risk management, research partnerships.
• Types: manufacturing technologies (tools, machinery), service technologies (direct/indirect).

People-Based Innovation

• People-based innovation recognizes the importance of people as change agents.
• Skills related to people-based innovation: adaptability, communication, problem-solving.
• Factors contributing: leadership culture, flexible work arrangements, diverse culture, employee empowerment, mentoring programs..
• Components: employee involvement, feedback, support.

Digital Innovation

• Factors: automation, precision, substitution.
• Skills related: acting proactively/autonomously, adaptability, connecting/collaboration, learning, leading, problem-solving.

Employment Skills

• Initiative, self-awareness, communication, teamwork, learning, technological skills, planning/organising, problem-solving

Industry Issues

• Globalization: International trade pressures on industries like agriculture.
• International Competitiveness: Australian industries competing with global corporations.
• Free-trade agreements: Reducing barriers to trade and potentially impacting national industries.
• Technology Use: Technological advancements requiring capital investments.
• Skill Shortages: Mismatch between skills in demand and available workers.
• Social Issues: Addressing gender roles, diversity, income inequality, corporate/social responsibility, government policy, environmental sustainability.

Stakeholders and Their Roles

• Employees: Produce, maintain quality, achieve productivity, ensure safety.
• Clients: Buy goods and services, expect quality, price, safety and service.
• Government: Implement policies, provide social services.
• Unions: Represent workers, focus on training and workplace safety.
• Managers: Plan, organize, control, and lead to achieve enterprise goals.
• Shareholders: Expect profits from their investment.
• Lobby Groups: Influence decision-making, act as voices for those with less influence.

Enterprising Responses to Issues

• Positive: Proactive responses, using issues as opportunities.
• Negative: Reactive responses, failing to embrace opportunities for change.