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Mentors: Keeping talented women career-focused in uncertain times

CLO Magazine

Mentors have been key players in helping the talented women leaders who attend our programs stay focused on their growth and development, despite bedrock changes to how they do it. Recently, we interviewed mentors to see how they and their mentees were adapting to these altered circumstances. Here are the highlights.

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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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Survey Says: Your Employees Want Coaching and Mentoring

CLO Magazine

Of the nine learning methods examined by the study, instructor-led training, short-clip video, and coaching and mentoring were the top three learning approaches cited by respondents overall. Coaching and mentoring appeals most to the oldest (50+ years old) and youngest learners (21-25 years old) out of all age groups in the workplace.

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The discomfort of learning

CLO Magazine

Building a diverse support team of network s , which includes mentors and sponsors. It is a multi-faceted, multiplayer process involving the woman’s direct manager, mentors, networks and sponsors as well as developmental opportunities. The post The discomfort of learning appeared first on Chief Learning Officer - CLO Media.

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How to build a corporate ladder high potential women can climb

CLO Magazine

This results in men outnumbering women by significant margins at the managerial level – which is why we see much fewer women at the senior-manager, director and vice-president levels. Mentors can provide the insight, guidance and non-judgmental conversations that can inform, excite and inspire.

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Holistic and personalized learning: The new paradigm in leadership development

CLO Magazine

We recently spoke with a leader who was being promoted to director for the first time. Facilitating the alignment of leaders with mentors in an intentional relationship can be instrumental to a leader’s growth. Mentors bring insights into the organizational context. We’ll call her Liana. She’d been very successful as a manager.

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How to build a corporate ladder high potential women can climb

CLO Magazine

This results in men outnumbering women by significant margins at the managerial level – which is why we see much fewer women at the senior-manager, director and vice-president levels. Mentors can provide the insight, guidance and non-judgmental conversations that can inform, excite and inspire.