The best way to get started creating a mentoring culture is to establish a solid foundation by aligning it with your organization’s goals and infrastructure.
Cultural Alignment
When mentoring aligns with the culture of the organization it ensures mentoring viability and sustainability. It becomes a cultural expectation and seamless organizational practice. (more…)
Successful leaders recognize that they need the confidence, support and commitment of those with whom they work.
Strong bonds impact productivity and results. Leaders create relationships with their people by listening, by showing them they care, by recognizing individual assets and finding ways to tap into their strengths. (more…)
Leaders create value and visibility for their organizational mentoring initiatives when they engage in high leverage activities. (more…)
Skeptics, resisters, and potential saboteurs often undermine new mentoring initiatives. The reasons they articulate are legion: “We did mentoring before, and it didn’t work;” “We don’t have the time or resources;” or “We don’t have enough mentors.” (more…)
January was National Mentoring Month. President Obama called upon public officials, business and community leaders, educators, and Americans across the country to observe the month with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs. As a result, many organizations saw this proclamation as an opportunity to celebrate mentoring. (more…)
