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Your Cheat Sheet Guide to Career Mentoring
A mentor is an advising role and can provide insights and feedback from their own experience to help you in your career. Here are some tips on how to find and utilise a mentor in your career.
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Career
When Things Are Going South, Step Up Your Mentorship
When things go south, organizations and individuals swirl and twirl. Perhaps you have a team that not only can’t “shoot straight,” they are engaged in target practice. Tempers flare. Good people get caught in the crossfire. Or even worse, other people begin to tattle. Work can begin to resemble a pre-school sandbox more than a professional environment.
Career
Three Major Mistakes to Avoid for Career Advancement
In my line of work, strategic initiatives and planning are the foundation of growth and success. Once that strategy is in effect, we must continually analyze and assess its position, perspective, and potential to increase gains and profit. The same is true for career advancement. We are each individual brands seeking growth. Much like the businesses I formulate strategies for, we as professionals will make some mistakes along the way that deter us from our full career potential. When I look back
Business
Mentorship Power Series: How My Mentor Changed My Life
I barely met this person an hour ago, briefly judged him, and hadn't even heard of the program he mentioned. He instructed me how I can apply for him to be my official mentor and to email him the following week. From then on, we met every day once a month for coffee. Never once was he late, never once did he not have a notebook and pen prepared for our meeting, and never once did he not begin our conversation with, "Are you taking care of your mental health?"
Career
Momtors: The New Wave of Mentors Helping New Moms Transition Back Into Careers
New parents re-entering the workforce are often juggling the tangible realities of daycare logistics, sleep deprivation, and a cascade of overwhelming work. No matter how parents build their family, they often struggle with the guilt of being split between home and work and not feeling exceptionally successful in either place.
Business
How To Make The Most Of Your Mentee/Mentor Relationship
You've learned how to find a mentor, now it's time to foster that relationship so both of you can grow.
Career
How To Find A Mentor #MentorshipPowerSeries
If there is one thing I have learned in my short period of being a career-driven woman, it is that mentorship is highly valuable. If there is anything else I have learned, it is that actually finding a mentor is no simple task.