Building A Mentoring Organization [About.com] Wednesday 06/28/06 1:16 PM
Lois Sachary has eight hallmarks for creating and growing a mentoring culture in your organization.
- Accountability - Define roles and responsibilities for participants. Set goals and expectations and gather feedback.
- Alignment - Make sure the goals of your mentoring programs are in line with the goals of your organization.
- Communication - Make sure everyone is aware of your mentoring efforts, the participation, results, and successes of the program.
- Value & visibility - Share mentoring stories of participants across the organization. Leaders sharing their own success stories help motivate and highlight the benefits of mentoring for all employees.
- Demand - As your mentoring programs grow, more people will want to participate. The more people that participate the more successful the program and the organization will be.
- Multiple Mentoring Options - Encourage all avenues of mentoring, including group mentoring and one-on-one mentoring. They are not mutually exclusive, but actually build well upone each other.
- Continuing education - Mentoring is an integral part of the training and development of the organization.
- Safety Nets - Mentoring provdes a way to learn and take risks without the fear of failure. Having others in the organization to rely on when you get stuck helps everyone maintain high productivity.
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