7 COLLOCATIONS FOR MENTORSHIP

Collocations for Mentorship are sometimes forgotten or overlooked. Hopefully this listing will be helpful.

COLLOCATIONS FOR MENTORSHIP

1) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Professional development is a popular collocation for mentorship. It really is just the learning and growth process that someone earns within their career. Examples of this could be attending conferences and workshops, reading books related to your profession, etc. It can be formal or informal as long as you are learning and growing.

Example: When employees are highly motivated it really helps with their professional development.

I use one hour a day for professional development.

2) REACH YOUR POTENTIAL

To reach your potential, in a nutshell, is really just being the best you that you can be. To reach your potential you have to be able to acknowledge your strengths and weaknesses as well as what you are passionate about. Mix all this together and you are one step closer.

Example: I believe that it is very important to try as hard as you can to reach your highest potential.

I love when employers push their employees to reach their potential.

3) STRATEGIC APPROACH

To take a strategic approach to something really means to truly understand what you see and figure out your need and from that figure out a method or a strategy in order to reach some specific goals.

Example: If we take a strategic approach then a promotion may be possible in the next couple of months.

A very strategic approach is needed if order to be ahead of the game.

4) TAILOR YOUR TRAINING

If something is tailored it is customized or specifically done for a specific person or audience. This is maybe the MOST popular of the 7 collocations for mentorship highlighted in this post. It can be used when talking about many things and not just mentorship.

Example: Remember to tailor your training to the needs of the mentee.

The training is tailored to the individuals who struggle with speaking English.

5) DO BUSINESS

To do business with someone means to work with, buy or sell from someone.

Example: In order to do business with some clients patience needs to be learned.

They like to do business with people who are honest.

6) ADVANCE YOUR CAREER

To advance your career means to move forward in your career or to continue to grow whether that is through a promotion or even a change in your job. It just means you go upward on your professional journey.

Example: If they wish to advance in their career then they need to spend more time learning the necessary skills needed.

Many people have deadlines and milestones for certain advances in their careers they wish to achieve.

7) MAP OUT A PATH

Example: Let's map out a career path for you, to help you achieve your goals.

It can be hard to map out a path, especially when you are passionate about many things.

PHRASES USED WITH MENTORSHIP

Assign a mentor to....

Find a mentor...

They are being guided by a mentor...

A good mentor....

A mentor with....

....need a mentor

I really hope these 7 collocations for mentorship really helped you increase your English range. Feel free to comment and let me know if you have any questions or reach out to me on Instagram. Besides, these are very important to learn as there are used quite often in the English world.