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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

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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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Meet the CLO Advisory Board: Christyl Murray

CLO Magazine

CLO: What was your first official job in learning and development? Upon graduation from the Wharton Business School, I worked as a management consultant with Accenture in their organization and change strategy practice. CLO: What lessons did you learn in 2020 that you’ve taken with you into 2021? Creary, Ph.D.,

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Get on board with reverse mentoring

CLO Magazine

One such practice is to encourage and support reverse mentoring and incorporate it as a norm within your organizational culture. What is reverse mentoring? Reverse mentoring is the same concept but often featuring a younger employee imparting know-how and improved methods to an older, perhaps more workplace-experienced worker.

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Why it’s time to throw out old upskilling playbooks

CLO Magazine

That team has built a path for associates who have aspirations for higher-level leadership to move into other areas of the business such as FP&A, strategy and even supply chain and marketing, so they can develop a new perspective and perhaps think differently about strategy.

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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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Nurturing collaboration: A CLO’s guide to openness and candor

CLO Magazine

Your to-do list Here are five ways to encourage open, healthy communications throughout your organization as a CLO. Modeling this from the top-down is the best strategy. Build effective systems for constructive feedback. With these in place, collaboration will naturally follow. Create a sense of psychological safety.