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Manager, mentor or coach? Help! We need some distinctions!

CLO Magazine

What is the difference between a leader, a manager, a coach and a mentor? Worse, the words leader , manager , coach and mentor are often used interchangeably. Others are telling their managers to mentor their people. Mentoring is used to express any number of activities, most of which are undefined.

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Meet the CLO Advisory Board: Judy Whitcomb

CLO Magazine

CLO: How did you become interested in learning and development? Leveraging these natural talents and applying them to real-life experiences in the workplace with strong mentors and formal education in adult learning sparked my interest and passion in learning and development. CLO: How do you enjoy spending your time outside of work?

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Maneuver Mentoring Obstacles

CLO Magazine

In organizations across the country, mentoring programs are acknowledged to benefit both talented employees and their managers, adding millions of dollars to the bottom line. In fact, research consistently shows that mentoring provides pivotal developmental relationships that function as the backbone for organizational improvement.

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6 steps to lead a successful change management initiative

CLO Magazine

If you are part of a change management initiative, or simply trying to help people through a workplace transition, here are six simple steps to create and implement a plan that works. People fear change because they cannot anticipate the outcome. The word strikes fear in many people. Create the vision. federal government agency.

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Get on board with reverse mentoring

CLO Magazine

As you drive for change and innovation in your organization, attracting and retaining talent that represents various demographics to build your pipeline is increasingly critical to maintain a competitive edge. One such practice is to encourage and support reverse mentoring and incorporate it as a norm within your organizational culture.

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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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Empower Talent to Become Leaders Who Drive Change

CLO Magazine

The only constant today is change. Change does not happen overnight. It requires an understanding of the reason for the change along with clear communication and transparency of the execution of that strategy. It begins with the openness to embrace change as a good thing. We can face resistance to change quite often.

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