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Reverse Mentoring Helps Retain Senior Employees

Business Coach Sherry Sutton in the Charlotte Observer notes two innovative approaches to retaining baby boomers and facilitating the transfer of...

Building A Mentoring Organization

Lois Sachary has eight hallmarks for creating and growing a mentoring culture in your organization.

Accountability - Define roles...

Best Practices In Bank Employee Mentoring Programs

Banks are embracing mentoring programs as an effective way to help new employees acclimate, help reduce employee turnover, bring employees up to...

The US Has An Urgent Need To Preserve Organizational Knowledge

According to Forrester Research, 46% of US government employees and 45% of US public employees are fast approaching retirement age. When these...

APTA Mentoring Program Tips

Sandy Ridout, from APTA, The American Physical Therapy Association, has a very good writeup on the mentoring process. The article describes the...

Australian Mentoring Program Provides Motivation

In Sydney Australia, the State Government's Women in Business program serves to mentor small business professionals.

Each member is assigned...

Mentoring CEOs and Top Executives

Mentoring plays a vital role in training CEO's for many companies. According to a recent survey of 300 business executives, 69% say they have mentors...

Mentoring Tips from SCORE

SCORE (Service Corps Of Retired Executives) offers these mentoring tips for small business owners to get the most out of their mentors:...

Dolphins Use Mentoring For Knowledge Management

Dolphins living off the west coast of Australia use sea sponges to protect their snouts. The dolphins cover their snouts with conical shaped sponges...

Mentoring to Improve Boardroom Diversity

In the UK, women are a minority in the boardrooms of the largest companies. According to a recent report, there are only 110 female board members in...