[vc_row rt_row_background_width=”fullwidth” rt_row_content_width=”fullwidth” rt_row_style=”default-style” rt_row_borders=”” rt_row_paddings=”true” rt_bg_effect=”classic” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”cover” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_bg_video_format=”self-hosted” rt_padding_top=”0″ rt_padding_left=”0″ rt_padding_right=”0″ rt_padding_bottom=”0″ rt_bg_color=”#000000″][vc_column rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_padding_top=”0″ rt_padding_left=”0″ rt_padding_right=”0″][vc_single_image image=”6300″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1576552663819{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row rt_row_background_width=”default” rt_row_style=”default-style” rt_row_borders=”” rt_row_paddings=”true” rt_bg_effect=”classic” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”cover” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_bg_video_format=”self-hosted” rt_padding_bottom=”40″ rt_padding_top=”40″][vc_column width=”1/2″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_padding_bottom=”20″ rt_padding_top=”0″ rt_padding_right=”20″ css=”.vc_custom_1575180502233{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”A lawyer and economist by training, Georges Ugeux has focused his entire 40 year career on the global dimensions of business, government and finance. He has a deep understanding of the cultural dimension of negotiations, networks and partnerships.” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:left|line_height:1.5″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1575180525272{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_separator style=”style-4″ color=”#1aa3d3″ border_width=”1″ margin_top=”24″ width=”102″ margin_bottom=”24″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll”][vc_column_text]
On October 1, 2003, Georges Ugeux founded Galileo Global Advisors to offer CEOs, Boards of Directors and Governments independent advice on international business development, restructuring, compliance and mergers and acquisitions. For fifteen years, Galileo’s primary focus has been advisory services in Europe and Asia, with a particular focus on emerging markets such as India and China.
Georges is a Lecturer in Law at Columbia University, where he teaches a seminar on “International Banking and Finance: the challenges.” In 2017, Sorbonne University Paris I invited Georges as a visiting professor for the 2017-2018 academic year. He has lectured at the University of Louvain, the College of Europe in Bruges and has served as Special Advisor to the Program on International Financial Systems at Harvard Law School. He sits on the Board of Polyfinances in Montreal (the financial vertical of Polytechnique) and is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Emerging Market Institute of Cornell University. Georges holds a Doctorate in Law and is Licentiate in Economics from the Catholic University of Louvain.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row rt_row_background_width=”fullwidth” rt_row_content_width=”default” rt_row_style=”default-style” rt_row_borders=”” rt_row_paddings=”true” rt_bg_effect=”classic” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”cover” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_bg_video_format=”self-hosted” rt_padding_top=”40″ rt_padding_bottom=”20″ rt_bg_color=”#f6f6f6″][vc_column width=”1/2″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll”][vc_custom_heading text=”Mentoring is assisting men and women in the finding of their voice and their path. It stems from experience, empathy and distance.” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:left|line_height:1.5″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1575091393898{margin-top: 32px !important;}”][vc_separator style=”style-4″ color=”#1aa3d3″ border_width=”1″ margin_top=”20″ width=”102″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll”][vc_single_image image=”1007″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row rt_row_background_width=”default” rt_row_style=”default-style” rt_row_borders=”” rt_row_paddings=”true” rt_bg_effect=”classic” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”cover” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_bg_video_format=”self-hosted” rt_padding_top=”40″ rt_padding_bottom=”40″][vc_column width=”1/2″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_padding_bottom=”0″ rt_padding_top=”0″][vc_column_text]I have been the beneficiary of the advice of senior men and women throughout my life. Mentoring is a unique relationship in which experienced people give their time to other individuals who are trying to manage the professional and personal challenges as they progress in their lives. While it is not psychological help, mentoring can provide a huge support and often some much needed clarity.
We all experience various phases of transition in our lives. Mentoring is a resource to help facilitate these transitions whether it be career moves, work conflict, relationship crisis, new initiatives or moves outside of home. It is amazing just how helpful it can be to receive candid advice from someone who cares.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_padding_bottom=”0″][vc_column_text]I have mentored friends, colleagues and even clients. Intuition, empathy, wisdom and experience are some of the key elements of a successful mentor. These characteristics, combined with the appropriate amount of support and distance, can assist significantly in sorting out short or long term professional and personal challenges. Often, it is simply a matter of having an objective perspective that can lead to major progress.
Mentoring, particularly at this stage of my life and with 45 years of professional advisory experience, feels like a natural fit and is something I am truly passionate about.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” rt_row_background_width=”fullwidth” rt_row_content_width=”fullwidth” rt_row_style=”default-style” rt_row_borders=”” rt_row_paddings=”true” rt_bg_effect=”classic” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”cover” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_bg_video_format=”self-hosted” rt_padding_left=”0″ rt_padding_right=”0″ rt_padding_top=”0″][vc_column rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_padding_left=”0″ rt_padding_right=”0″][vc_separator style=”style-4″ margin_top=”0″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” rt_row_background_width=”default” rt_row_style=”default-style” rt_row_borders=”” rt_row_paddings=”true” rt_bg_effect=”classic” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”cover” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_bg_video_format=”self-hosted” rt_padding_top=”20″ rt_padding_bottom=”60″][vc_column width=”1/2″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_padding_bottom=”0″ rt_padding_top=”0″][vc_custom_heading text=”Mentoring is not specialized but the experience is focused” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:left|line_height:1.5″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_separator style=”style-4″ color=”#1aa3d3″ border_width=”1″ margin_top=”20″ width=”102″ margin_bottom=”20″][vc_column_text]How am I a mentor? It is my belief that the one becomes a mentor not through traditional academia or by “studying,” but by experiencing life’s “school.” It is connected to thought leadership, humanity, interpersonal skills and communication. Mobilizing these talents combined with life experience makes mentoring the most effective. I have personally experienced a number of personal, family and professional transitions spanning several decades. While no single person can claim to be an expert in life, aren’t we all striving for it?
Over several decades, I have enjoyed and gained the trust and confidence of all kinds of people. Through this, I discovered many parallels between mentoring and advisory, the most defining and significant being the element of human contact. They are all about the relationship and humanity. In fact, the human dimension of the relationship and the empathy that often emerges is another way to be a consigliere. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll”][rt_accordion first_one_open=”true”][rt_accordion_content title=”Global Adjustments” icon_name=”icon-plus-circled”]Living abroad in today’s global world is, for executives, more the rule than the exception. The preparation of this move, including the understanding of culture and the challenges and rules of the new country is not trivial. This can be hugely facilitated by a few mentoring sessions.
When a company is acquired by a foreign shareholder, it can be accompanied by both cultural and business practice changes that can be a source of uneasiness and even conflict. Mentoring sessions can assist in this transitional time.
Transitioning into a new job that includes global responsibilities requires a major change in perspective. Whether in management, marketing, sales or production, preparing oneself for this transition can be greatly facilitated by exchanges with an experienced global leader.[/rt_accordion_content][rt_accordion_content title=”Leadership” icon_name=”icon-plus-circled”]We live in a world in which the word “leadership” is used in an innumerable amount of contexts. As a result, it can feel impossible to determine what the term and/or role actually covers. It is my belief that the various forms of leadership are often disparate.
However, life will expose individuals to leadership challenges of all kinds in a number of different situations. Whether you are a stay at home parent or a CEO, everyone is their own type of leader. Unfortunately, the latter has become so prominent that there is a common belief that without being a CEO, one has not achieved a successful career. This is false.
The most important step is to identify the best form of leadership within a person. In doing this, individuals can avoid mistakes and even conflict. As helpful as self-help books may seem, they are not often individualized.
What are your leadership skills and how can you use them in your personal and/or professional lives? This is a fundamental question that can be simplified through mentoring.[/rt_accordion_content][rt_accordion_content title=”Professional Transitions”]The days of a linear career with the same company for a lifetime are behind us. While it certainly still exists, this kind of career is exceptional, especially among entrepreneurs. Key questions in this practice of mentoring include:
- Am I bored?
- Can I progress where I am?
- Do I need to change career path?
- Can I or should I start my own company?
- Should I accept the proposal from management?
[/rt_accordion_content][rt_accordion_content title=”Conflict Resolution”]Conflicts are part of life. While some resolve naturally, others are much more serious and require assistance. While bosses can be hugely helpful in situations of conflict, they can also be destructive and in some cases, the source of the conflict itself. Harassment is another example of conflict that exists in a variety of forms.
Ensuring that one has the tools and abilities to demand the respect that he or she deserves, which can be especially complicated in the workplace environment, is necessary and certainly not trivial.
Well extreme situations may require additional assistance (legal, etc.), sometimes situations can be addressed at the level where the conflict emerges. The latter is a situation in which mentoring can be extremely helpful while also providing support that is sometimes missing at home or in the workplace.[/rt_accordion_content][/rt_accordion][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row rt_row_background_width=”fullwidth” rt_row_content_width=”default” rt_row_style=”default-style” rt_row_borders=”” rt_row_paddings=”true” rt_bg_effect=”classic” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”cover” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_bg_video_format=”self-hosted” rt_padding_top=”40″ rt_padding_bottom=”40″ rt_bg_color=”#f6f6f6″][vc_column width=”1/2″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll”][vc_single_image image=”1267″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll”][vc_custom_heading text=”Interested in mentoring?” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:left|line_height:1.5″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1575094962986{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” rt_row_background_width=”default” rt_row_style=”default-style” rt_row_borders=”” rt_row_paddings=”true” rt_bg_effect=”classic” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”cover” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_bg_video_format=”self-hosted” rt_padding_top=”40″ rt_padding_bottom=”40″][vc_column width=”1/2″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_padding_bottom=”0″ rt_padding_top=”0″][vc_custom_heading text=”How?” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:left|line_height:1.5″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_separator style=”style-4″ color=”#1aa3d3″ border_width=”1″ margin_top=”20″ width=”56″ margin_bottom=”20″][vc_column_text]As strange as it could see the first ability to be a mentor, is the capacity to ask the right questions. By itself this talent is critical to ensure that mentoring is not placating recipes on a situation. Over my entire life, I have been privileged to meet different people and to listen to an infinite set of experiences, journeys, personal stories.
It is that unique moment when I receive the privilege of the confidence and trust f the person or the group that makes the exchange –yes, it is an exchange- of mentoring so valuable.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll”][rt_tabs][rt_tab title=”One-on-one”]
Most mentoring is one-on-one. It is in that context that confidence and trust can be created between two individuals. Sometimes the addition of a significant one can also help elaborating on a decision that will affect a family life. Building the consensus at those moments is a key to the success of this delicate transition.
Short Term
Mentoring does not need, like psychotherapy is, to be marked by strict periodicity or a commitment in the duration. Not every change is dramatic and I know that, in some cases, a single long conversation has produced the right effect and fulfilled the expectation. Often enough, even those single opportunities, will lead, sometimes after a few weeks or months, to a few other encounters or thoughts to satisfy the need for the realization of the project.
Medium Term
Some professional and personal transitions fundamental issues that are unresolved: do I want to be an investment banker or go and work for a corporation? Do I like the sector I am working in? How can I get training to effectuate the move? There are thousands of different ways those questions emerge. Let’s face it, when it is about oneself, they tend to be more painful or dramatic than they need to be. Importantly enough, technology has enabled those mentoring to be practiced through internet, phone, videoconference …
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While Group mentoring is not often used, I noticed that some transitions or crises inside a group affect several people and that the solution has to be found by and within the Group. This is not unusual when outside or inside evolution creates a form of anxiety within a group.
Change is the rule. When it happens it can disturb a group of even high-powered and efficient individuals. Talking about it as a group facilitates the empowerment and buy-in of the change.
Issue Specific
Sometimes the demand for mentoring is coming from a specific issue that arises from circumstances and can be focused on this issue. It does not, however, need to be the case. Life provides moments where uneasiness and discomfort cannot be allocated to one or two specific issues. Sorting out the source of the uneasiness and the way it unfolds in real life can be helpful.
Among the specific requests I met in my life, the most frequent events are:
- Career or personal evolution that requires moving away from home, especially when it is in another culture.
- Acquisition of a company that will necessitate reorganization
- Financial crisis that provokes uncertainty and stress
- Difficulty to move one’s aspirations to the next level
- Doubts about the adaptation to working environment
- Conflicts with the hierarchy
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