It’s time for your annual performance review. Aaarrrggghhhh! My sentiments, exactly. Before I started my company, I worked for several organizations that used annual, ratings-based performance reviews. To tell you
…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
We’re all so crazy busy, it’s hard to find time to meet with your mentor, boss or colleagues to talk in depth about the challenges you’re facing. Learning to have
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:
Mentoring conversations can be so effective, that complex issues can be dealt with in just five to 15 minutes.
There is a need for youth mentors nationwide. In a professional setting, the issues that a mentee/protege address may be very different than those of an at-risk youth. But the principles are the same and the transformation is the same. The only difference is the starting point.
The Original Mentor Have you ever wondered where the word “mentor” comes from? In Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad, Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, left home to join the Trojan
Developing Leaders With Professional Mentoring “We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.”– Ben Sweetland More than ever before organizations need to develop future leaders,