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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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Mentors: Keeping talented women career-focused in uncertain times

CLO Magazine

have had to pivot to meet the needs of various constituencies amid the uncertainty that is reshaping the business world. 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. Here are the highlights.

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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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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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Creating a continuous learning environment at Aspen Dental

CLO Magazine

Mentoring via virtual reality. Aspen closed 500 sites in the first weeks of the pandemic, and during that time the executive team made virtualized learning a top five organizational priority. They worked together to reprioritize learning projects and resources, reimagining them for a digital world.

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Verizon’s Lou Tedrick combines innovation and servant leadership to meet the needs of every learner

CLO Magazine

The pandemic transformed many CLOs into corporate sherpas, guiding employees as they moved to remote work and providing them with newly virtual content to ensure they had the skills and support to remain productive and engaged. Then they converted all of the content that learners and leaders needed to thrive in a virtual environment.

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Using online communities to extend the learning experience

CLO Magazine

That’s why as learning professionals, we’ve become experts at meeting our learners where they are — virtually, on-demand, hybrid — and responding to the resurgence of face-to-face teaching. Mentoring: Communities can also provide opportunities for mentoring and coaching. Learners are busier than ever.