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Bridge the Women and Leadership Gap With Mentors, Training

Absorb LMS

Companies with more female executives and board members tend to enjoy better performance and are more profitable than those without women in the C-suite, according to a global survey conducted by the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Provide access to mentors.

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Virtual Mentoring In Times of Crisis and Social Isolation

Chronus

A 2018 Cigna study found that nearly half of survey respondents felt alone or left out which some researchers claim “can be as damaging to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.” How Chronus Supports Virtual Mentoring. That’s where virtual mentoring comes in. How to Mentor During a Crisis.

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Mentoring Matters, Especially for Women and Minorities

CLO Magazine

A 2018 report by McKinsey & Co. One way to increase diversity in leadership roles is to improve mentoring opportunities for women and minorities. According to a new study by Heidrick & Struggles, more than three in four respondents said their most impactful mentoring relationship was important to their career development.

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Mentoring Program Success Story: Extensis Group’s Career Mentoring Program

Chronus

Mentoring programs provide numerous benefits to both employees and employers. Q: Why did Extensis start a mentoring program? The program here at Extensis was started after we received feedback from our employees during our annual employee engagement survey in 2016. Q: What benefits did mentors see? Q: Why Chronus?

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Fewer Mentors, Bigger Problems

CLO Magazine

A 2018 survey from the LeanIn Foundation and SurveyMonkey found that nearly half of male managers felt uncomfortable participating in a common work activity with a woman, such as mentoring, working alone or socializing together. That means about 1 in 6 male managers would hesitate to mentor a woman. Self-Imposed Fear.

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eLearning Trends And Predictions For 2018

Adobe Captivate

This article draws pointers from my eBook on the same subject, and I have created it as a short, ready reckoner on eLearning trends and predictions for 2018. What Are The eLearning Trends And Predictions For 2018? We are going through a phase of significant and rapid “ learning transformation “. Coming of age – An increase in adoption.

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Mobile Learning on the March

CLO Magazine

According to a survey of the Chief Learning Officer Business Intelligence Board, a majority of CLOs (Figure 1) now expect to invest in content for mobile learning. While this is only a slight uptick year over year (from 49 percent in 2017 to 52 percent in 2018), it is nonetheless symbolic of the yearslong trend in corporate learning.