A Future for Mentoring
The pandemic has surely made us race into the future. Remote work was at it’s peak this past year, with many people still working from home here in 2021. So how does mentoring, something that hinges on interpersonal connection, work in a virtual workplace? In this episode of “Thinking Inside the Box” by Matt Burns, CME’s CEO, Lisa Fain, discusses how mentoring may be in the future, and how those relationships can thrive.
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