The Why
As Founder of M&L Mentor LLC, I am often asked the same question: “What was your inspiration for starting the company?” There is no singular answer to that question. It is a culmination of a few things, mostly revolving around my own personal and professional experiences. Ultimately, I want to make an impact on people’s lives by improving the working experience for leaders and those they lead.
In my professional experience, I have had the privilege of working for some great leaders. From the US Navy to sales leaders. I have also had the privilege to work under some not so great examples. I say it was a privilege because of a powerful perspective I learned in the Navy. You learn more from bad leaders than you do good ones, if you are willing to learn. Leadership has always been of the utmost importance to me in any workplace, and so I have spent a great deal of time learning from both examples.
My inspiration for starting the company has been to leverage my experience and perspective to make a positive impact on others. Having experience in multiple industries, I have seen that every industry, organization, and team face the same root challenges: culture, engagement, operational efficiency and effectiveness, and leadership. All of which have the potential to deteriorate relationships between leaders and their people or strengthen them. The relationship between leaders and the led is hands down the greatest influence on the success of a team or even an organization as a whole.
I have seen both strong relationships and strained relationships as a leader and a subordinate alike. These contrasts in my professional experience have offered me perspective. It is this perspective that has allowed me to learn a great deal about how to lead, and how to follow.
On a more individual level, I have seen how personal development and personal management skills can improve overall balance and quality of life, leading to more fulfilling use of personal resources such as time and effort. Helping people find their way out of the rut and showing them how to reach their potential has become one of the most fulfilling experiences I have had personally or professionally.
The Vision
In a perfect world, employees would manage themselves and leaders could focus on leading their teams instead of micromanaging. In theory, organizations could significantly flatten their structures because the excessive oversight and management would be unnecessary. TONS OF SAVINGS!
The reality is not far off. Invest into your leaders to improve management and leadership skills. Invest in your people to improve personal management skills. Your people can focus on the work and leaders can focus more on leading rather than micromanaging. This makes for a more productive team and a healthier relationship between parties.
The Stance
M&L Mentor LLC believes in leadership through mutual trust, respect, and understanding. At the end of the day, your organization won’t reach its greatest potential if your people don’t feel they can trust you or that you respect them. And leaders can’t effectively lead unless they can trust their people and their people respect them. You don’t get mutual trust or respect without mutual understanding between both parties.
It takes accountability, discipline, and a genuine care to do right by others. It takes an open mind and a willingness to grow. In a lot of ways, the creation of this company is the result of a relentless pursuit of wisdom for self-improvement, but also with the desire to find a better way to conduct the relationship between leaders and the led. That is the reason for choosing the owl to represent the company. It represents our stance for the relentless pursuit of wisdom, and a desire to share it.
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Tyler Scott, BS, MSM
Founder
Personal Management and Leadership Consultant.
Coach
About:
Industry Experience:
Aircraft Maintenance (US Navy and Civilian Aviation)
Manufacturing
Construction
Sales
Outside of my career aspirations I am involved in music. Music has always been a big part of my life. I play multiple instruments and still write and perform music with my band made up of some of my closest friends. I also fix guitars and other gear and offer music lessons for beginners. It’s great to watch the growth of my students on their musical journeys.
Above all, I am a proud father of two boys. A lot of my inspiration for what I do comes from them. They are the reason I started my self-improvement journey and why I continue to push forward. My greatest goal is to set a great example for them and help them reach their greatest potential in life.