Do Some of the World’s Worst Bosses Work for YOU?

Bad bosses cause poor morale and lower productivity. Creating a learning environment through mentorship is one strategy that can help turn things around over time.

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Aspire Higher, new Slimbook by Susan Bender Phelps

Compelling stories of mentoring success that will challenge you to appreciate the value of the mentors in your life, and then inspire you to pass that value on through active mentoring of another person in your life.

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Small Businesses CAN Have Effective Mentoring Programs

What makes any mentoring program successful, no matter the size of your company, is this: “A mentorship program needs to have a path to leadership or advancement for the mentees.”

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“Effective mentoring for your star performers will create new possibilities and levels of performance that will positively impact the bottom line.”

“Effective mentoring for your star performers will create new possibilities and levels of performance that will positively impact the bottom line.” From my interview at MO.com - How I started Odyssey Mentoring & Leadership, my take on the distinction between competent and great leadership and I shared one of the mentoring stories from my upcoming book, "Aspire to Go Higher: Get a Mentor, Be A Mentor," due out at the end of August.

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New Report: Mentors Rise Faster & Earn More

Paying it forward pays back: For both mentees and mentors, we see tangible career advancement. Most exciting is that for mentors and sponsors we see serious compensation growth — up to $25,075 in additional compensation.

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The Anointed vs. The Victim’s Unit

"Women have been over-delivering for decades and watching men who do less consistently be given more opportunities for advancement,” is what I told writer Bob Calendra of Human Resource Executive…

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“Organizations interested in profitability, productivity, and sustainability should have mentoring programs. If you are not mentoring, you are not leading.”

Check out my latest interview at MO.com http://www.mo.com/Susan-Bender-Phelps-Odyssey-Mentoring - It will give you great insight into what really lights us up about what our business can do to help your…

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Reverse Mentoring: A New Take on Bridging the Generation Gap at Work

Reverse Mentoring: younger employees are being tapped to help senior executives learn new skills.

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