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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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Survey Says: Your Employees Want Coaching and Mentoring

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A recent study from Wainhouse Research found that the youngest workers and the oldest workers have similar preferences when it comes to workplace learning — and that all learners want a variety of approaches. Naturally, they want input and guidance from experts and mentors who can help them continue to navigate the waters of change.

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Who’s mentoring ?the future?

CLO Magazine

Mentoring and coaching are long-valued methods of leadership, career and personal development. Oprah Winfrey summed up the importance of mentoring during a 2002 interview: “A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself. This survey was conducted from January to March 2019.

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The leadership coaching revolution is here

CLO Magazine

A recent industry research study conducted by Sounding Board and Chief Learning Officer, the 2021 Leadership Coaching Report , revealed more than 70 percent of organizations offer some type of leadership coaching, and another 22 percent would like to offer leadership coaching but lack the budget and resources.

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Competencies and collaborations for 2022

CLO Magazine

And fortunately, a number have been researched and field tested. For example, in an upcoming column, I plan to share key findings from WOMEN Unlimited’s independent research from our soon-to-be released report, “IMPACT Report: Looking Back to Move Forward: Building Inclusive Corporate Cultures through Competencies and Collaboration.”.

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It’s time to discuss the problem with ‘owning your own development’

CLO Magazine

According to research by McKinsey & Company , the leading reason for quitting jobs from April 2021 to Apri 2022 was: “lack of career development & advancement.” After that, most of us in white collar roles had access to mentors or could see others who had made transitions — there were models for us to follow.

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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.