Five Strategies To Strengthen Your Mentoring Program
...From my latest article for BizCatalyst360 In the beginning you had such high expectations for your corporate mentoring program. But the results may not be all that you had hoped…
Mentoring & Fitting In at A New Job
In a recent survey of more than 1000 people, BambooHR learned that a startling 31 percent of respondents had quit a job within the first six months, with one in…
Five Strategies To Strengthen Your Professional Mentoring Program
In the beginning, you had such high expectations for your corporate mentoring program. But the results may not be all that you had hoped for. Both the mentors and mentees…
Raise Your Expectations and Your Mentoring Program Will Blossom
For decades, psychologists have been researching what they call the "Pygmalion effect": how one person’s expectations of another can become a self-fulfilling prophesy. This is as important in the realm…
Women & the Mentorship-Sponsorship Combo: The Fuel Your Career Needs
Oprah Winfrey, Sheryl Sandberg, Indra Nooyi, Tina Fey and I all had mentors who dramatically influenced our careers. In fact, we can’t imagine how we would have gotten where we…
You Can Choose Your Ideal Mentoring Partner
Choosing your ideal mentoring partner! Ah, it sounds like such a lofty goal. Is it even possible? The answer is YES! But it's not about choosing the ideal mentor or…
Youth Mentoring Is Where I Got My Start
The extraordinary results of youth mentoring should be shouted from the roof-tops. Millions of young people’s lives have been transformed by caring adults who took a child or teen under their wing and showed them someone cared about them and their future. I was one of those kids.
The Difference Between Mentoring & Coaching
I have talked about this distinction so often. In a February 2012 posting on Talent Management, writer Valerie Pelan summarizes the work of authors Mark David Nevins and Stephen A.…
Is Sponsorship the New Mentoring?
Recently I was asked if sponsorship was the new mentoring. My answer is an emphatic NO! In my experience mentorship and sponsorship are very distinct. And I believe the most…
Mentoring For a Competitive Advantage
One of the tools you use to maximize productivity and talent development is high-quality training. Great training can give you an initial bump in productivity of about 33 percent. Most executives I talk to say, “I’ll take it.” But can you sustain that bump or exceed it over the long-term? The answer is YES! This is where a structured and effective mentoring program can really make the difference. Here’s how: