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Mentoring meets the Metaverse

CLO Magazine

Mentoring has been a best practice in business for decades, as soon as researchers proved that employees with mentors were more successful at work than those without. Their findings were: A mentor helps their mentee gain clarity on career goals, develop leadership skills, clarify values and leverage their talents.

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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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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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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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Trust Busted

CLO Magazine

According to recent reports, only 45 percent of employees have trust and confidence in the job being done by their organization’s top leaders. Covey, author of “The Speed of Trust” and co-founder of the FranklinCovey Global Speed of Trust Practice, but there is hope because trust is something leaders can learn to build. “It

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Gen Zers need your help keeping their jobs

CLO Magazine

Connections allow for staff to cultivate trust and provide an outlet to discuss frustrations on the job. To build connections, consider offering team-building opportunities and a mentoring program. Providing team building has helped them work together to solve problems and build trust despite their differences.

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Essential skills today’s leaders need to navigate ambiguity and activate talent

CLO Magazine

This elevates the sense of trust and ownership, strengthening relationships between leaders and employees, as well as generating diversity of thought which can drive innovation across the whole organization. One participant came forward and said he wished he’d learned coaching skills when he first became a manager—38 years ago!