Secret Ingredient: Mentorship

1. Secret Ingredient: Mentorship 13 October 2011

2. How to bake bread

3. Ingredient 1: Flour

4. Ingredient 2: Baking powder/yeast

5. Ingredient 3: Water

6. Ingredient 4: Eggs

7. Ingredient 5: Sunflower oil

8. Any other ingredients needed?

9. Important missing ingredient: Salt

10. The value of salt • Adds flavour • Indispensable in some instances – catalyst for baking powder or soda • Product benefits from addition of salt even when the process does not require it (e.g. Yeast breads) • If no salt is used, it “leaves a gap” that can only be “filled” by other spices

11. How to create a business/start a project

12. Ingredient 1: An idea

13. Ingredient 2: Business partners

14. Ingredient 3: Funding

15. Ingredient 4: Documentation

16. Ingredient 5: Tangible assets

17. Any other ingredients needed?

18. Secret ingredient: Mentorship

19. What is mentorship? Mentorship: “is the provision of model performance by persons with wisdom from whom advice and guidance can be sought” (World Confederation for Physical Therapy)

20. In other words: A mentor is someone who: • Sets an example • Has knowledge and experience • Is open and welcoming • Is willing to share knowledge and experience • Is someone who can help you make a plan; who gives you hope and a future • Someone who shows you the way

21. Who would be a good mentor? Bob Buford: First half of our life: PURSUE SUCCESS - work hard, sacrifice, financial independence  I.e. focussed on the outcome Second half of our life: FOCUS ON SIGNIFICANCE/ LEAVING A LEGACY - giving experience, time and energy towards making a difference  I.e. focussed on the journey/the process

22. Why would someone want to be a mentor? "The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own."Benjamin Disraeli

23. Why would a mentor be needed? • Learn from someone else’s mistakes, life experiences • Share in someone else’s knowledge • Adds a different perspective; looks at problems from a different angle • We all need someone who can make you believe in yourself and the future  Having mentors may be the secret ingredient for making Africa’s SMME’s globally competitive

24. Is mentorship sustainable? "There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results."Kenneth Blanchard

25. Practical examples: Pioneer Foods’ Enterprise Development projects • 2 Projects in Upington (Raisins)

27. Practical examples: Pioneer Foods’ Enterprise Development projects • 2 Projects in Upington (Raisins) • 2 Projects in Vredendal (Raisins)

29. Practical examples: Pioneer Foods’ Enterprise Development projects • 2 Projects in Upington (Raisins) • 2 Projects in Vredendal (Raisins) • 1 Project in Laingsburg (Dried Fruit)

31. Practical examples: Pioneer Foods’ Enterprise Development projects • 2 Projects in Upington (Raisins) • 2 Projects in Vredendal (Raisins) • 1 Project in Laingsburg (Dried Fruit) • 1 Project in Napier (Grains, animals)

33. Practical examples: Pioneer Foods’ Enterprise Development projects Impossible to manage without mentors (distance; diversity of activities) • Mentors are catalysts (projects are their brainchild) (salt) • Mentors transfer business and farming knowledge and skills • Mentors have the experience to change the initial plan “when the going gets tough” • Mentors share their connections/open doors • Lack of mentors leave a gap in any project (salt)

34. "People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you make them feel."Bonnie Jean Wasmund End