Remove Conversation Remove Expertise Remove Mentoring Remove Problem
article thumbnail

Why We All Need a Coach or Mentor

Learning Rebels

Coaching and Mentoring Two Different Approaches Coaching and mentoring are two valuable tools for professional development that can help us unlock our full potential and achieve success. The terms coaching and mentoring seem to be used interchangeably – but they are very different approaches with very different goals.

Mentoring 130
article thumbnail

Bit by the Instructional Design Bug: A Conversation with Connie Malamed

TalentLMS

Instructional design heartbeat: Rooted in wonder Beginning our conversation, we asked Connie to tell us which skills have helped her the most in her career. Many professionals make successful career shifts into instructional design , bringing their expertise from different fields. We need to understand who our audience is.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Top 10 Types of Employee Training Methods

Infopro Learning

This type of training method enhances decision-making, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities by immersing employees in realistic simulations. Social and Collaborative Training Social and Collaborative training allows employees to learn from each other by sharing their knowledge and expertise.

Methods 221
article thumbnail

Creating a Mentoring Culture: A Conversation with Author Lois Zachary

Chronus

Lois Zachary is an internationally recognized expert in the field of mentoring. As part of our Author Series during the Chronus Summer Reading Book Giveaway, we asked her to provide advice to organizations who are planning a mentoring program. Q: What is the value of mentoring to an organization? There are no shortcuts.

article thumbnail

The Vital Role Mentoring Plays In Developing a Future Leader

Acorn Labs

The mentoring leader guides a mentee elsewhere in their organisation. That could be a Chief Marketing Officer mentoring a junior design associate—the aim is to present a different point of view for a mentee who is early in their career. So, how do you ensure you're getting the best benefits of leadership mentoring?