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The Rewards of Mentoring :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Stimmler , contributing Women on Business writer A few days ago I received an out-of-the-blue email from a former intern at my firm thanking me and my business partner “for being such fantastic mentors.&# And that being a mentor, either formally or informally, really does make a difference and can touch people’s lives.

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The Big Picture of Business – Mentoring Guides Your Success

Strategy Driven

Professionals who succeed the most are the products of mentoring. The mentor is a resource for business trends, societal issues and opportunities. The mentor becomes a role model, offering insights about their own life-career. The mentor is an advocate for progress and change. The mentor opens doors for the mentee.

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Be an Advocate for Yourself :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Mentoring is defined as career advice and guidance and sponsorship is advocacy. Usually sponsors have more senior positions than mentors, and it is their responsibility to advocate for an individual and pull them up the ranks to a top level position in the company. Your mentor might be able to help identify and facilitate this.

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Playing the Long Game: The Employee Retention Process in HR

HR Digest

If companies get better at hiring candidates who correctly match the work ethic, job description, and company culture of the organization, they immediately reduce the likelihood of these candidates leaving.

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How to Get Lazy People to Work

Kevin Eikenberry

However, your values and ethics also impact your perspective. What you define as lazy, how you define a work ethic, what you believe is the right work/life balance for you – all of these and more play into your perspective – and judgment – about whether someone is “lazy&# or not.

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Two Books to Better Organizational Results

Kevin Eikenberry

Cohen , Nick McCormick , professional development , questions { 1 comment… read it below or add one } Poul Andreassen February 7, 2011 at 8:53 am Good one on Childish behavior, even one talks about work place, ethics etc but very few talk about the Impact of childish behavior.

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The Power of Focus Words

Kevin Eikenberry

We are in the process of forming a new team and want a strong team ethic and identity towards our key stakeholders. Tagged as: Chris Brogan , experience , focus , Goal setting , implementation , Relationships { 1 comment… read it below or add one } Barry Dennis January 7, 2011 at 10:41 am Loved your idea.

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