ABSTRACT
This chapter draws on both past studies and theories on mentoring, as well as a funded project entitled ‘Mentoring for Export Success’ (MES). We describe the various stages and issues involved in setting up a Business Link funded project putting together experienced and novice exporters mainly CEOs and managing directors of SMEs in a set of pair mentoring relationships. Using data from the development and delivery of the project – which is still ongoing – we identify several key issues and challenges that have emerged from our analyses of these processes. Key issues include performativity versus reflexivity; dependence, independence and interdependence; solutions versus questions; pairs and networks.
