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Why use an Advisor?
Getting good professional advice or guidance is not always easy. But we've all needed it at some point or another. Whether we've had a question about what skills or qualifications we need to get the career we're after, how to take ourselves or our business to the next level, or what would be a wise investment. The are several benefits for using an advisor, Find some of these below...
  • Support - An advisor will support you through the process of achieving your goals, ensuring that you have the backing of someone to talk to and to confide in as you bend the delicate curves and progress to the top of your professional life.
  • Better focus - Diary entries can be overwhelming and time may seem too short to achieve success. An advisor can help you identify strategic approaches to resolving this complexities, helping you make choices and achieving better results as you become more focused at your priorities, in the midst of all the challenges.
  • Improved self awareness, self-confidence, self esteem, clearer mind and general well being.
  • Being in control of your professional life means peace of mind in your personal life and balance in your life.
  • Significant improvement in your communication skills, helping you win pass information to colleagues using dignified approaches.
  • Become a better thoughtful leader and self-motivated achiever.
  • Knowledge and skills for leading efficient teams.
  • Confidence to discuss your issues without worries about confidentiality.
  • Someone you can trust and confide in.
  • Better ability to assist your organisation or business set and achieve goals.
How to become an advisor
The process of establishing yourself as an advisor with ProductiveMinds is straight-forward. Start by joining ProdutiveMinds, then complete the advisors registration here. You will be required to provide a referee who can verify your qualifications and character.
On completion of your registration, you will become a non-verified advisor. We will then contact your referee to establish your qualities. Your referee will have access to the information you submitted and will be required to vouch for you. On successful reference, your advisor profile will become endorsed as "verified". If your referee is unable to reference your application, we will not be able to complete your registration, your profile will be downgraded back to a standard profile.
Here are some of the benefits of enlisting yourself here as an advisor:
  • Access to the Advanced Search Portal
  • Ability to mingle with other advisors in a social context
  • Visibility to search engines. Our Portal is high ranked to most search engines.
  • Using all other facilities on the system to speed up your process of delivery.
  • Free Profile publicity, we advertise advisors profile randomly, to site visitors.
How to choose an advisor
ProductiveMinds advisors are located in several countries. You may be faced with complex job, deciding who is right advisor for you. The following suggestions should help make up your mind...
Location and Mode of delivery
Accessibility is one of the most important consideration. You should decide if you want your session at the comfort of your home/office (delivered over the phone or Internet) or if you want to visit the advisor's office. If you prefer face to face session, then the location of your advisor is important, you should ensure that the advisor's location is commutable and practicable. Use the search portal here to discover the distance between you and the advisors who meet your search criteria. Most advisors offer more than one of the following four possible modes of delivery:
  • Face to face
  • ProductiveMinds Confidential Forum
  • Telephone
  • Online (may be video conferencing, secure chats e.t.c.)
Accreditation/Qualifications/Professional Memberships
If you are concerned about your advisor's certifications, qualifications and/or membership of appropriate Professional Bodies, then ensure to verify this on their profile. Most Coaches belong to professional bodies and will have this displayed on their profile. The process of becoming an advisor on ProductiveMInds involves verification. If an advisor is verified, you will see the Verified by PM logo on their profile. We verifify an advisor by obtaining reference on their qualification and ability before endorsing them as verified Advisors.
Fees
Advisor fees can vary significantly, this depends on several reason icluding location, modality, mmode of delivery e.t.c. do ensure to consider prices when selecting your coach.
Services and Personality
You should find significant information on each advisor's profile to help you understand their ability, experience and qualifications. This should help you make decision about who to choose and if they will be able to help you with your situation.
Some of the important fields available for each advisor to fill are.
  • Modality (Group/Personal/Businesses)
  • Specialty (Career, Health, Nutrition e.t.c)
  • Website (Can be useful to find further information)
  • Languages spoken by the advisor
  • Free initial consultation (initial free phone consultation will help you decide the advisor's suitability for you
At the end of it all, you should make all efforts possible to find out about an advisor and you should be reasonably confident before using their service. Some advisors offer free initial consultation to help you decide your continuity with them.
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