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Best PracticesMentoring Platform: Should You Build One or Buy One?You’ve decided mentoring is an ideal strategy for developing, growing and retaining top talent within your organization. Congrats, you’ve completed an important first step. Maybe you’ve even tested your mentoring theory in the form of an informal mentoring program. But now you’ve hit the next hurdle — do you need a mentoring platform? Five…
Best PracticesHow to Promote Wellbeing at WorkMarket leaders know that you can’t achieve high profitability without building and caring for a robust and stable workforce. More and more, companies are realizing that their employees are more than the sum of their working hours, sales, or innovation. Your employees are people, first and foremost, and they spend a large portion of their…
Best PracticesCoaching vs Mentoring: What’s the Difference?Coaching and mentoring are effective personal and professional development tools. Employees with mentors or coaches are likely to report higher job satisfaction, organizational commitment, compensation and promotions. When deciding between coaching vs mentoring, it’s important to know that both significantly enhance an employee’s personal and professional growth and their fulfillment at work. Coaching is a…
Best PracticesMentorship Topics to Discuss with Mentors & MenteesWhether you’re a mentor guiding someone through their career journey or a mentee seeking guidance, creating a mentoring meeting agenda and a set of mentoring topics can be a game-changer. It presents both parties with an idea of what to discuss and establishes parameters around what you would like or not like to discuss. In…
Best PracticesFour Benefits of Virtual Mentoring ProgramsThe day the World Health Organization announced a global pandemic, marked a new era for professional life as we knew it. This abrupt and sudden change was jarring for everyone involved. As organizations look to keep employees engaged and connected, many are turning to virtual mentorship for help. How can companies, businesses and organizations pivot…
Best PracticesGender Bias in the Workplace: Spotting It & Tips to Fight ItToxic work cultures and microaggressions continue to plague the workplace for women. But there are steps organizations can take to help combat gender bias.
Best Practices4 Steps to Matching Mentors and MenteesEmployees who are most engaged at work perform 20% better and are 87% less likely to leave the organization. However, without properly matching mentors and mentees, a mentoring program may never reach this kind of impact.
Best PracticesFlash Mentoring: One-Time Learning for Self-Driven DevelopmentThe dreaded moment: you have a burning question and no idea where to turn. For most people, this leads to a frantic Google search. But what if you could turn to someone instead of something for answers? With flash mentoring, participants can turn to mentors in order to learn a skill or topic of their choosing in a short amount of time.
Best PracticesSlideShare: Why Gender Diversity Matters at WorkThe higher you look in companies, the fewer women you see. Despite making up 47 percent of the workforce, women make up just 29 percent of positions by the time they reach the VP level, and a mere 19 percent by the time they enter the C-Suite. This representation can discourage women from seeking advancement…
Best PracticesHow to Be a Good MenteeHaving a mentor can be a huge boost to your career, so it’s an opportunity worth seeking out. However, most mentees have never taken part in a mentorship before—and you need to use specific skills and take an active role to make the most of your mentorship. The good news is that anyone can learn…
Best Practices10 Successful Mentoring Program Best PracticesMentoring programs are a great method to boost employee development, engagement, and retention at any company. Nine out of 10 workers with a mentor said they were satisfied with their jobs; more than half rated themselves “very satisfied,” according to CNBC/SurveyMonkey. Start your program off right with mentoring best practices curated by our mentoring experts….
Best PracticesHow to Coach Great EmployeesHow do you coach great employees? First, it’s important to acknowledge that employees, even the best ones, can do with some coaching. But your company hired someone with a carefully detailed resume, who interviewed well and appeared to be a positive addition to the team and culture. Most likely, the candidate didn’t have to demonstrate…