Individual Mentoring

Gain new perspectives and accelerate your development with a tailored mentoring plan that works for you.

An Investment in Yourself

There is a cost to staying where you are, not progressing as fast as you would like, or not making the impact you could. Imagine yourself in three to six months’ time feeling and acting differently, holding yourself confidently, feeling you deserve to be where you are, knowing you have things under control, influencing decisions and driving change. You are learning and growing, relationships are stronger and you are recognised for the value you bring.

An Investment in your Organisation

There is a cost to staying where you are, not progressing as fast as you would like, or not making the impact you could. Imagine yourself in three- or six-months’ time feeling and acting differently, holding yourself confidently, feeling you deserve to be where you are, knowing you have things under control, influencing decisions and driving change. You are learning and growing; relationships are stronger; and you are recognised for the value you bring.

How GrowCFO Mentoring Works

As the mentee it’s important to know what you want from mentoring, and be fully committed and excited about what you can learn and how you can evolve through the process.

Book a free 30 minute chemistry call

The first step is to choose a mentor; one you have chemistry with and you feel confident will help you achieve your outcomes.

Decide on your priorities for discussion

Agree on what you want to achieve from each session.

Progress on your action plan

Start your sessions and move forward on your goals.

Structure your sessions

Choose the best format for you. We recommend 60 or 90 minute sessions once a month.

Your Action Plan

Our mentoring is fully personalised and adaptable to whatever your needs may be. Your sessions with your mentor need to focus on what’s important for you right now.

Sample Action Plan

Ambitions and goals

Personal strategy session: an honest discussion as to where you are now and what your future goals and desired outcomes are so we can identify the actions needed to close the gap.

Your goals: a chance to explore the leader you want to become, with a focus on strengths and limiting beliefs.

Financial and/or career strategy: review your progression strategy, explore how to show your strengths and your value at their best, and close any skills gaps.

Mindset and high-performance habits

Growth and agile mindset: How you can look after your mind to increase resilience, performance, productivity, motivation and energy.

Performance: Looking at how to drive business change and key decision making and how to deliver the business plan.

Focus and clarity: Taking your goals to a more specific and measurable level with a focus on supporting habits and routines.

Behaviours and traits for success

Leadership styles: looking at how to become an externally-facing leader. The team needs to support you as a CFO, and you need to support their development.

Behaviours and key skills for success: looking at the key behavioural skills needed at CFO level with a focus on leadership, influencing, critical thinking and stakeholder management and communication.

Executive presence and impact: Looking at how you can leverage your personal leadership style and brand to increase engagement and credibility.

Trusted and vital Executive and Board member

Strategy and decision making: the importance of developing and setting strategic direction for Finance and the company, and how to challenge the Board and influence strategy.

Growth: the financial responsibilities of growth and the role a CFO should play. Looking at the business drivers of value.

C-Suite and the Board: Looking at what a CFO should bring to the Board to enable the right decisions to be made, how to best present data, and how to be become a critical and influential voice.

I now have a very clear picture of where I want to go and I’m working on the plan that will get me there. Where I lacked clarity and was too focused on one end goal, I had actually lost track of what would make me happy in the longer term. That is more important than any promotion or pay rise. Most importantly, I feel better in myself. I have a lot more control over my situation and the outcome.

Katharine O’Farrell ACA FBP, Head of Finance

Start with us today

Get in touch and we will explore your current development needs, find a mentor that is right for you and determine the best session frequency and duration to deliver the right level of support for you.