Mentoring / Coaching for Founders

Introduction

Our Mentoring Programme follows a structured approach to create a positive experience for both mentor and mentee. We hold both the mentor and mentee accountable to ensure the social entrepreneur achieves concrete and specific outcomes. This programme typically lasts for 6-8 months.

Examples of Personal Skills/ Competencies that mentees may wish to develop or strengthen over the course of the Mentoring Programme:

  • Leadership Development
  • Financial Acumen
  • Delegation and Prioritization
  • Time Management
  • Personal Branding (to support overall brand development)

Examples of Organisational areas that mentees may wish to strengthen their social enterprise for over the course of the Mentoring Programme:

  • Capital
  • Team
  • Value Proposition
  • Product & Services
  • Customers & Markets
  • Impact & Beneficiaries

 

Related case studies

With support from the National Youth Council, Empact initiated a mentoring programme for youth social entrepreneurs to develop their leadership and organisational capacity.

As part of an initiative by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), we facilitated and managed the pilot Social Enterprise Mentoring Programme.