I met Alexei and Steve two young entrepreneur’s at their office after developing the core concepts of the mentoring program for mentors and guides that would be beta tested with university students and their mentors in an online platform.
We charted the coaching concepts on the whiteboard together, and Alexei organized all the information into the 7-week program
We had to get board approval for the program, which was starting within the week and has the entire content on the web within 2 days. Our board members were in three different time zones.
Alexei used his iPhone to text a photo of the program to the board members for approval. Wow!!! we had approval within minutes. It totally blew me away. I would have spent hours putting the material into a presentation with an overview, getting it emailed by the next day, and probably would’ve waited 1-2 days for approval.
We utilized the extra time at dinner with the CEO from the top mentoring agency to learn more about teen protocol in mentoring. Steve called his cricket coach and got out of his training and we had a great night sharing stories and learning protocols from the best.
In my old world of thinking (no cell phone on in meetings) that would never have happened with the speed and ease it did. Their thought process in the way they communicated and used technology was what made the difference in this situation.
By the next day, Steve had all the research material for each step of the program online and Alexei was almost finished the web side of the program for critiquing.
Learning from young entrepreneurs like Alexei and Steve was fun and rewarding, reaping results much quicker. I introduced the concept to my client’s and they were receptive to text photos of their whiteboard, their plans, vision, and ideas regularly. We get connected and relevant in seconds.
What about you? What have your learned by being around young Entrepreneur’s and achieving more in less time?
Practice
It’s time for you to lean in and to take what you’ve learned about doing more with less. Start with one task that you know you can do in less time with the same if not better results and find how much time you can free up.
Gael Bevan is an experienced, PCC- ICF Credentialed, Certified Leadership Coach. She specializes in strengthening communication with virtual and remote teams, building future leaders at every level, through shared understanding, a common language and skill development. She mastered the art of authentic conversation and is skillful when it comes to the powerful feedback that cultivates improvement and growth.