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Mentoring Moments and More for Millennials

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We’re not talking “training” here—as in designing training courses and sending staffers off the job. Consider any one or several of these “mentoring moments”: Mentoring Moment #1: Create an “aside” conversation. Mentoring Moment #2: Touch base periodically about their interests for future assignments and career growth.

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Mentoring Still Not Happening for Women in the Workplace

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A Global Study of Businesswomen and Mentoring. According to the research, women who felt less-than-expert on a specific topic did not take on mentoring roles. Study results confirm that women don’t mentor because of one basic reason—they aren’t being asked. What is holding women back from mentoring? Byham, Ph.D.,

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Eight Ways Mentoring Brings Out the Leader in Your Employees

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More specifically mentoring, is one of the best ways a company can grow its employees as leaders in many other tangible ways. Mentoring teaches you to plan, to help others execute, and to be flexible --all traits of leadership. Mentoring hones your ability to think while you speak. Mentoring gives you confidence.

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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study. There are many examples of companies that have successful leadership training programs in place, such as Bank of America, General Electric, Microsoft, Philip Morris, Novartis International, and Marriott International to name just a few.

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Great Leaders Nurture

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Modern mentorship programs are designed to support both the mentor and the mentee with a high-touch approach. A strong mentor-mentee relationship will help new hires learn from an experienced employee. She has created several popular LinkedIn Learning courses and is president of Good As Gold Training, HR Search, Inc.,

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The $15 Billion Leadership Mistake

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Guest post by Ken Pasch: Roughly $15 billion is spent every year on training leaders in the U.S. To get more out of training employees—and to keep it from being a serious financial mistake—executives need to change the focus from “training” to “development.” Are those paying the bills getting their money’s worth?

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A Leader’s First Step to Effective Influence

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These “students” I get to mentor are the best of the best when it comes to leadership, and yet, they’re not perfect. Before you begin to train anyone else, you need to be very clear on what it is you’re trying to establish in them and why. Dan Mann is a 30 year veteran of leadership and leadership training. What does that mean?

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