A mentor is not necessarily your boss, as in academia. Your industrial boss is actually your customer first and foremost. Though it’s possible your boss can be your mentor, you shouldn’t assume this.
Everyone can benefit from having a mentor at work, but there’s a lot of confusion on what to expect from the relationship and how to start it.
Matthew Reeves is the CEO of Together, a mentorship platform that empowers organizations to pair every employee with a relevant mentor. Good news first: 76% of employees think mentorship is important.
Mentoring is a path to self-improvement, skill development, and expertise. Yet, there are pervasive myths that shroud the concept of mentoring, preventing many from embracing its potential, especially ...
Too many corporate mentoring programs share a familiar fate: they launch with great fanfare, pair up employees with good intentions, and then quietly fade into irrelevance. Ask any HR executive, and ...
Identifying and building relationships with mentors in the working world can be incredibly challenging, for multiple reasons. Many people are too busy to take on this additional responsibility. Some ...
Mentors and mentees are roles that carry with them a set of expectations and responsibilities. Mentoring is different from performance review and personnel management. While the latter is an important ...
Sharing advice on the process and requirements of gaining tenure. Reviewing and commenting on works in progress. Recommending professional development workshops. Providing advice proposal writing, ...
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - The month of January holds many special titles, one being ‘National Mentoring Month’. And local non-profit organizations like the Boy & Girls Clubs of the Greater Chippewa ...