Dennis Yu

mentorship

The Power of Mentorship: Bringing Back a Timeless Model for Success with Jeremy Slate

Introduction For decades, I have been a strong advocate of mentorship. My success would not have been possible without my mentor, former CEO of American Airlines Al Casey, who took a chance on me and opened the first door on my path to success. Jeremy Ryan Slate and I hold similar views on this topic …

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The Do’s and Don’ts of taking on a new job

1) Become a highly-concerned observer 2) If your mouth is open, you are not learning  3) Challenge your assumptions 4) Listen to your peers 5) Help your boss raise their status 6) Create a business plan for every assignment 7) Direct your availability up, down, and sideways 8) Be aware of others’ feelings and goals  …

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Finding a Mentor is Hard – Jeremy Ryan Slate and I share our secrets of success

I‘ve been praising the benefits of mentorship for decades. There’s no way I would be where I am today if it weren’t for my mentor, former CEO of American Airlines, Al Casey. He took a chance on me, which opened the first door and put me on my path to success. You know, the apprentice …

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Leverage your weak connections for a network boost.

Things I wish I knew 20 years ago, which would have avoided me much suffering…

Choose ONE niche serving ONE type of customer doing ONE thing really well, instead of doing many things for many types of people. The latter doesn’t scale and results in headaches. Even a technology business is still a people business first— you need relationship skills to sell, manage employees, and build partnerships. Develop EQ instead …

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I believe teaching is the highest professional responsibility we can have.

Even if you are not a Karen Freberg, you can still teach others from right where you are, to lift where you stand. Formal educators must work with private sector professionals like us to bridge the training gap that students face when they graduate- so we can help them get great jobs and be awesome employees …

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