Mentor with Melbourne business owners

Mentoring roles through the network are paid engagements. Session frequency is agreed directly between you and the client at the start of the engagement, based on what their situation calls for. Typically that's once a week or once a month, though the arrangement is yours and the client's to set. Your session fee is yours to determine. John can provide guidance on current market rates if that's useful, but the rate is your decision.

You're under no obligation to accept any brief. When a brief comes in that matches your background, John approaches you with the headline shape of the search before sharing any client detail. You review it and decide whether it's the right engagement for you at the time. Saying no to a brief that doesn't suit you is entirely expected. The network works because mentors have genuine discretion over what they take on.

Melbourne's business community has particular patterns that shape the kinds of briefs that come through. Manufacturing businesses working through management modernisation. Family companies dealing with succession for the first time. Professional services firms trying to grow without losing what made them good. Operators with direct experience in these situations, or in the financial, people, and governance challenges that come with running Melbourne businesses at the $2 million to $20 million mark, tend to be particularly well placed for the briefs we run.

We don't run a public directory and expressions of interest are reviewed personally by John. If your background fits the kinds of briefs the Melbourne network runs, he'll be in touch. If it doesn't fit at this point, he'll tell you that too.