LEAP offers mentoring and coaching to entrepreneurs within its virtual incubation programme and to SMMEs at large requiring tailored business support.

We define mentoring and coaching as learning relationships which help entrepreneurs to take charge of their own development, to release their potential and to achieve results which they value. We believe that the learning relationship is central to both mentoring and coaching, which are more than just a set of activities or skills. Through the relationship, the entrepreneur develops and changes, as, indeed, does the coach or mentor.

Entrepreneurs are helped to take charge of their own development. The mentoring and coaching relationship facilitates insight, learning and change. Through this relationship, potential is identified, possibilities become reality and tangible results are delivered.

Our mentoring and coaching support helps the entrepreneur see the present as a springboard to the future, and to be strategic about their personal and business development. Our approach to mentoring and coaching are underpinned by nine key principles (summarised in Figure1.1). These principles, derived from our experience, have informed and guided our mentoring and coaching services