On this podcast best-selling author Sharon Sayler, CEO of the strategic communications firm Competitive Edge Communications, shares her unique insights on how and why having a mentor can boost your career trajectory and how the process of mentoring helps you avoid making critical mistakes. Sharon gives you an insider’s view of the mentoring process: why you need a mentor; how to find a mentor; what mentoring really is and is not; what’s in it for the person who mentors you; the best way and time to approach a potential mentor; the definite dos and don’ts of the mentoring process. Ms. Sayler works with a wide range of clientele — private clients, executives, entrepreneurs, universities, corporations and organizations such as Delta Airlines, Yale’s Graduate School of Management, Women’s Executive Leadership Council, and the International Coaching Federation. She’s also the host of eWomen Network Radio’s popular podcast Life Interrupted Radio: Helping You Thrive After the Unexpected broadcast every Friday night at 7PM EST. As a published author of seven books, her latest book Mindfulness In Action: How To Create Peace Amidst the Chaos reached the international Amazon bestseller list while her book What Your Body Says and How to Master the Message: Inspire, Influence, Build Trust, and Create Lasting Business Relationships has been translated into 6 languages and is used in universities around the world. You can learn more about Sharon and her work by visiting her websites: www.SharonSayler.com or www.MindfulnessInActionBook.com