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Business Mentors New Zealand makes available to small business owners the skills and experience of people who have themselves experienced success in business.
Our Mentors
Business Mentors New Zealand mentors are coaches - not consultants. They won.t do the work for you, but they will assist you from their own experience.
Business Mentors New Zealand mentors are:
- Empathetic
- Good listeners
- Sympathetic to the problems of small business
- Experienced in business
- Passionate and committed individuals who offer their time, skills and experience on a voluntary basis for the benefit of small business.
- Providers of opinions and ideas, not professional services
Our mentors do not take the place of professional advisers, and in fact they often will recommend to their clients that they develop a closer relationship with their accountant, bank manager, etc.
Their role is to support and develop, stimulate and challenge. Mentors act as a sounding board for their clients; they walk alongside.
Our Service
Business Mentors New Zealand offers assistance in all areas of business management. Client and mentor are matched according to the skills requested by the client.
Clients get an empathetic person to listen to the challenges and difficulties they face. Sometimes that alone is all that is needed to identify strategies and opportunities for growth.
As a result clients gain confidence in their ability to plan and manage a venture, meet new challenges, and learn how to obtain the skills they need to achieve results.
Who We Are
Business Mentors New Zealand is the nationwide mentoring service of Business In The Community Limited (BITC Limited). BITC Limited, a non-profit earning company, is the operational arm of Business In The Community Charitable Trust, a private enterprise charitable trust that is primarily funded through the support from private sector New Zealand companies. To find out more about us click here.
What our clients say about our mentors:
"Priceless information and help. Excellent and targeted advice."
"Probably increased business by 25-30%. Gave me avenues I never thought of before."
"It is a great idea. Gets you on the right track. Gives ideas where you are at."
"It provided a useful overview of our business issues from an impartial but skilled outsider."
Mentor Nelson Tollerton, a retired Company Director and General Manager met with Michael and Robyn and helped them to analyse their needs. An action plan was agreed which included Nelson's recommendation that they join the Employers Federation to obtain advice over a personnel issue, meet with their professional accountant to gain a more intimate knowledge of that side of the business and analyse expenses to see where savings could be made." Full story... |
