Contact First Business Solutions

Workplace Mentoring

Workplace Mentoring

Contact First provides three types of mentoring

to help with career exploration, setting goals, developing contacts and identifying resources. Utilising her own career experience, Melanie Lavelle-Maloney provides guidance, motivation, emotional support and role modelling for participants to reach their full potential.

  • Traditional One-on-one Mentoring. A mentee and mentor are matched, either through a program or on their own. …
  • Distance Mentoring. A mentoring relationship in which the two parties (or group) are in different locations. …
  • Group Mentoring. A single mentor is matched with a cohort of mentees
 
A WIN FOR ALL
 
One of the most impressive things about an effective mentoring program is how far the positive ripple effects reach.  Mentoring benefits an organisation by improving job satisfaction and retention, and aids in the personal and professional development of the mentee.   
I have been so hectic trying to get this little venture off the ground that a person sometimes forgets to be appreciative of things and more so people that have made this all possible for us to be where we are today. It is only in the last couple of weeks that I have had time to reflect on where we are and how we got here that I came to the realization that if I had never stumbled across you our business idea would have been exactly that an idea. Melanie I can’t put into words what you have done for us . If I think back to my first call to the council and the response I got that day I must of spoken to every single person imaginable and nobody could direct us in the right direction in fact most people told us that it is highly unlikely that council would approve such a venture. So after a day of no results I saw you and the services you provide on the Redlands council website . I still remember my call to you like yesterday ,there was no beating around the bush no nonsense just straight talk with in 20 minutes our conversation had concluded and our meeting with you was scheduled. I think it was there that it dawned on me that it could become a reality. Well from our meeting at your office’s right through to our meeting with council was all so much less daunting for us ,as we knew we were being guided by the ultimate professional .As you know we are now operating in various parks with our karts and doing birthday parties and functions , all which would not have happened without you. It is not every day a person come s across someone with your traits and care so in that regards from not just me but my whole family I would like to thank-you from the bottom of our hearts for everything you have done for us .My only hope now is that one day down the track I will be in a position to help you out with something as I really feel indebted to you.Thanks Melanie words can’t express.
- • Bredon Bernardie, Business Owner - Cool Ryda Pedal Safaris -