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9. Celebrate successes.Let your associate know that you are
   proud of her accomplishments and the progress she
   makes. Celebrate significant milestones. Make this a fun
   and exciting collaboration.


10. Encourage your associate to be a mentor.This is part of
    the full-cycle process that is at the heart of all the skills
    and elements of coaching. Continue what you are doing
    through your associate.

The Six Ways People Think ...............................................................................

One of the main reasons to mentor someone is to instruct or

guide her. For that reason, the impact of your mentoring will

depend on how well you are able to teach. And how well you

teach depends on how well you understand how adults learn. If

every adult learned exactly the same way, your job might not be

especially challenging. But the truth is that everyone

learns differently!

The learning process depends on how people accept or receive

knowledge. Understanding the six basic ways people think and

appreciating that people learn differently will enable you to

connect with them. A thinking style is no better or worse than

another. Like communication and personality styles, a thinking

style sometimes has an appropriateness in one place or another.

When you understand how your associate thinks, and how she

receives information, you can tailor your explanations to that style.

Result: instant understanding. Your message gets through; there is

connection. StaffCoaching™ suspends judgment. People are there

for you to support and guide. Know the way your associate thinks,

what’s important to her and how she takes in your comments, and

you can zero in on persuasion and buy-in.

The six ways people think and process information follow:

1. Authority driven


2. Deductive


3. Sensory


4. Emotional


5. Intuitive


6. Scientific

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