Opening Presentation at 2020 Ali Center Athletes and Social Change Forum

1. The Greatness of
Mentorship:
Heart, Soul and Spirit
by Marion Keim, DPhil. LLB
Chairperson FSDP, Professor ICSSD/UWC, South Africa
marioncapetown@gmail.com
What I will remember most about Mr. Mandela is that he was a
man whose heart, soul and spirit could not be contained or
restrained by racial and economic injustices, metal bars or the
burden of hate and revenge," Muhammad Ali. "He taught us
forgiveness on a grand scale.“

2. “It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead."
Nelson Mandela
"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." Muhammad Ali
Heart, Soul and Spirit: The heart chakra, (Anahata in Sanskrit) colors our life with compassion, love, and beauty,
driven by the principles of transformation and integration, this fourth energy center is said to bridge earthly and
spiritual aspirations.
You need to know who you are, what you love, what your sources of inspiration are, what moves you, your heart,
mind and spirit? You cannot inspire others unless you get inspired yourself.
What touches people most are not our words but our actions when they represent the values we hold dear
You need to know your values.
Values based approaches:
Mohammad Ali : confidence, conviction, dedication, respect, giving and spirituality.
Olympic Values: Respect, Fair play and friendship , Joy of effort, Pursuit of excellence, Balance between body, will
&mind.
Paralympic Values: Sport people as Role models: Courage, determination, inspiration, equality.
Universal Values : Love, care forgiveness , respect, service, honesty

3. Universal Values

4. Mentorship
Mentoring is a vital element in youth development and sport/athletes development
programmes
It occurs when a mentor is willingly invests time in the personal development of a
student or athlete, when a trusting relationship evolves, when a mentorship plan gets
developed when needs and interests are recognised, understood and fulfilled, and
understanding of behaviour takes place.
Mentoring Success principles (Brene Brown) :
Commitment – time, process and vulnerability
Meetings - frequency, preparation, goals and expectation
Process – active listening, powerful questions, feedback and
Review – what is working well, what needs to change, review goals, celebrate success
MENTORSHIP PLAN
Mentorship Objectives: Activities: Progress:
Objective 3:
To act as facilitator and coach to
establish a Club
Time allocation:20%
 Initial planning and agreement
 Strategic and business plan
 Club members recruitment
 Programme for the Year
 Reporting and evaluation

5. Capacity building in terms of Leadership Development and Mentorship in
the field of Sport, Development & Peace
 Providing Mentorship
 Providing Career Guidance
 Providing Guidance for Entrepreneurs and small business
 Providing leadership skills and supporting young athletes to reach their potential
 Providing possibilities for young athletes to attend webinars, seminars, workshops,
conferences on sport , development and peace, gender and sport, life skills, project
management, monitoring and evaluation.
 With the mentees providing practical support to communities in the field of sport,
development and peace, gender and sport, life skills, project management, monitoring
and evaluation.

6. Know yourself !
Be part of the process that brings positive change - Capacity
Building and Leadership Development
Use a values based approach
There is something great about everyone - treat people as
special and unique
Develop a detailed Mentorship Plan with your Mentee
Passion and enthusiasm, courage, commitment, love and care
are infectious – show them wherever you go and whatever you
do !
Personal Guiding mentoring principles: a belief in the best of
others, and care for others from within which includes Heart,
Soul and Spirit.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING !
SUMMARY

7. Greatness of Mentorship : Heart, Soul and Spirit II
Mentoring
A collaboration DCAS- UWC
Presented by Dr. Lyndon Bouah
INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTRE FOR SPORTS SCIENCE
AND DEVELOPMENT
UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
Private Bag X 17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
Ph: +27 219593859/3823
mkeim@uwc.ac.za

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Mentoring
• Mentoring started for me in my home with my parents.
• My parents instilled a love for reading in my siblings
• Later it expanded to older cousins and uncles and aunt.
• The stories, parables and words of wisdom they tell and dispense is also
mentoring because they give life lessons.

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• At school, your teachers are your immediate mentors with the family still in the back.
• Older scholars, members of societies and teams you belong to all mentor you.
• Sometimes it is subliminally, and you don’t even realise you are being mentored .
• My teachers took me to teacher sport meetings from the age of 15.
• I was asked to take the minutes, I thought it was a chore.
• Today I am a better government administrator because I learnt the value of minute taking, motions,
proposals and the ability to capture the essence.

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Mentoring cont..
• At university, lecturers and other students can also be mentors.
• I am still in touch with many of my university mentors.
• Prof Marion is one of my mentors and I can bounce ideas around with her.
• Mentors add to your thinking and influence your decision making.
• Mentors add different perspectives you may have missed or underplayed.

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Mentoring cont..
• Mentors do not need to have an education.
• Mentors use their life experience to dispense with your advice.
• You do not need a formal relationship.
• My wife’s granny is 85 and I see her as one of my mentors.
• Every day I drink tea with her after work and she will ask me things and we will
chat.
• So without me realizing she became a mentor to me because of her lifelong
experience.

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Mentoring cont..
• Nurture the relationships
• It doesn’t have to be formal
• Mentoring can be horizontal ( with peers)
• Or vertical

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Mentoring cont..
• In sport mentoring can even be with players or athletes that
may not be as strong as you are.
• They can however add their understanding.
• They can influence your technique.
• Mentors can also be religious that influence how you conduct
your life.

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Mentoring cont..
• I think it’s important to mentor and to be mentored.
• No one knows everything.
• Appreciate the fact that different people bring different
contexts to situations.

15. Thank you

16. Presenter: Warren Lucas, PhD Candidate in Exercise Science and Youth Coordinator
Muhammed Ali Centre, on behalf of the Foundation for Sport, Development and Peace
July 10, 2020
Mentoring Young People:
Heart, Soul, Spirit

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18. “There is no such thing as coincidences in life”
-Prof. Marion Keim
Warren Lucas Timeline

19. “There is no such thing as coincidences in life”
-Prof. Marion Keim
Warren Lucas Timeline

22. To grow, we must be teachable, and
surrender to the process and journey with
hope in our hearts and minds
Say yes: As
every task,
activity,
project and
duty in the
workplace is a
potential
opportunity to
expand the
self
Ask for help: If
you don’t know
how, someone
else will and most
times, they will
teach you. Ask and
you shall receive.
Stay in touch:
From time to time,
send out an email,
say hi and keep
your connections
alive.
Collaborate:
Combining ideas
leads to change on
bigger scales.
Collaboration is
recommended for
all young people.
Take stock: After
each day, do
some self-
reflection, and
imagine a world
that you can be a
part of, where
young people are
mentored, guided
and appreciated.
Where have you
come from,
where are you
now, and where
do you want to
go?

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