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Workplace Mentorship Program Best Practices

Chronus

Brad Johnson , author and Johns Hopkins University School of Education faculty associate, workplace mentorship “plays a pivotal role in safeguarding retention and building organizational commitment. Everyone can appreciate the benefits of a workplace mentorship program. It’s not that your employees don’t value the program.

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Tips for Running Mentorship Programs for Women

Chronus

Women can especially benefit from mentoring as they seek to overcome traditional barriers to the leadership pipeline. But research shows, women often don’t engage in mentoring at the same rates as men – either because they are unsure who to approach or mentoring accessibility is limited or informal. Gender parity.

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Creating a Mentoring Culture: A Conversation with Author Lois Zachary

Chronus

Lois Zachary is an internationally recognized expert in the field of mentoring. As part of our Author Series during the Chronus Summer Reading Book Giveaway, we asked her to provide advice to organizations who are planning a mentoring program. Q: What is the value of mentoring to an organization?

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Mentoring

Clark Quinn

I was talking today with an organization that has mentoring as a very core feature of their culture, and it got me reflecting on the fantastic luck I’ve had in my career. Jim Schuyler brought me back to the US, where he again mentored me on team leadership. They also lived what great student development was.

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What are Workplace Sponsorship Programs?

Chronus

Workplace sponsorship programs match emerging talent with leaders and influential employees who can help them move ahead in their careers. In today’s world, these programs are especially helpful in boosting advancement for people who have typically been unrepresented, including women and people of color. What does a sponsor do?

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Mentoring Matters, Especially for Women and Minorities

CLO Magazine

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. Mentoring for Minorities.

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Bit by the Instructional Design Bug: A Conversation with Connie Malamed

TalentLMS

Others go into corporate or workplace training , working on programs to improve performance. Some become multimedia specialists or developers that work with an authoring tool. People who are good at seeing the big picture might work at a high level with learning leaders, coming up with enterprise-wide programs. And so on.” “In