At work I recently made a confession. Despite having a couple of years BA experience and a number of projects under my belt, I had never received formal training to do my job. I didn’t actually know for certain how I should be doing my job. Looking at the people around me made me feel [...] Read more »
What will Business Analyst Mentor deliver in 2012?
In 2012, I’m going to provide the community with a platform where you can really share your expertise and develop your skills. You could be doing one or both of these things, depending on the area and your experience. For example, if you have pursued certification you will be able to share your ‘journey’ and [...] Read more »
Deciding whether to mentor? – Just do it!
I recently started the wonderful journey of being a Mentor. I expressed my desire and reasons for wanting to mentor in an email to Alex Papworth, at Business Analyst Mentor. My drivers included my continuous quest to develop a broader understanding of the business analysis field by communicating my skills to others, the sharing of skills [...] Read more »
Look out for the new mentors ‘top tips’ on LinkedIn
I’ve been looking for ways for the new mentors to start sharing their expertise other than through one to one mentoring. When Joan Davis suggested that we send out a weekly, bite size piece of advice on LinkedIn, I loved the idea. If you look at the Business Analyst Mentor company page, you’ll see the [...] Read more »
When is Enough Enough with Mentoring?? Finding the Right Balance.
Each time a mentor engages with a mentee, there exists a delicate balance between several factors that occur in the mentoring relationship. It’s important for the health of the parties involved that the mentor find and adjust to these balances as the situation dictates at any given time. Let’s take a look at a few…. [...] Read more »
Pete Cohen, mentee, starts blogging
I’m pleased to see that Pete Cohen has started blogging after being advised by Doug Goldberg, his mentor. He’s contributed to his fellow Australian’s blog - Better Projects by Craig Brown. Craig introduces him here and this is Pete’s first post on how to word risks. Well done Pete for taking the plunge – I [...] Read more »
Shoulda Woulda Coulda Had a Mentor Back in My Early Years
We can read all the pro-mentoring diatribe on Alex’s site here on how great mentoring is and why you should buy into it and why it’s important until one of us passes out cold. But Really! If YOU don’t buy into this enterprise and concept, there really isn’t a point. Right? So I’m going to [...] Read more »
Insiders Guide to Core Techniques is now available for FREE!
I promised I was going to make it available for NOTHING and now here it is. Before you click the link and sign up, make me one promise: You will get the full benefit by contributing to the course community. If you would like to ask a question; share an experience or answer a question [...] Read more »
Why everyone should have a mentor
I’ve written the following article for BA Connections, the IIBA newsletter. It’s coming out in June but I wanted to give you a sneak preview: In this article, I’d like to explain why I think mentoring can be so valuable in helping you through the professional development minefield. I will share a story to illustrate [...] Read more »
It Didn’t Start Out This Way. One minute I was…..
….minding my own business and the next I had become a mentor. Hello, my name is Doug Goldberg and Alex has asked that I start blogging on his site about something I’m passionate about – preferably revolving around business analysis. He didn’t exactly say what I should be passionate about though. Fortunately for him, I [...] Read more »
