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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

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In Homer’s ancient story The Odyssey , the goddess Athena, disguised as old man Mentor, reveals to the hero’s son the right path to take. Skip forward several millennia and across the Atlantic to an urban high school preparing teens for life after graduation, and the image of mentor-as-lone-sage doesn’t quite paint the picture.

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Design For Human Aspirations To Attract All Generations

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Effective learning and mentoring require physical proximity; remote work can limit these, especially for junior employees, leading to reduced feedback and learning opportunities which impacts organizational competitiveness. This article was written by Shive-Hattery’s Michelle Jones for Work Design Magazine.

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Achieving Success Comes Down to One Thing: Connecting With People

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By seeking coachability opportunities like teaching, I’ve met some amazing people who are now mentors and mentees constantly helping to move me forward. Finally, I became a mentor , but I was always willing to be the mentee, too. The term “mentor” has become synonymous with “time commitment,” and this occasionally deters people.

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What 3 CEOs Learned After Spending a Day in Their Employees’ Shoes

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only to report back that he agreed with drivers’ complaints—“The whole experience was pretty clunky,” he said in the article. So, he joined five calls and completed in-depth research to prepare for and follow up on those sessions, which involved mentoring prospective college students from around the world. His goal? “To

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3 Action Steps for an Honest Self-Assessment

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You need to surround yourself with trusted friends and mentors who will be honest with you about your performance and what areas need improvement. You are never going to be totally trained or prepared; there is no schedule of required classes. Talk it out. Listen to them. Listen to yourself. You have to make things happen.

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Women Presidents Organization CEO Camille Burns Shares Her Hopes for Women Leaders

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I am dyslexic, so my mom ended up sending me to a Catholic school, so I’d have smaller class sizes. How does WPO help women in executive-level positions network with peers and mentors? This article originally appeared in the July/August 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine. Photo courtesy of Women Presidents Organization.

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Niké Ojekunle Got Scammed. Now She’s Helping Others Avoid the Same Fate By Advocating for Financial Literacy

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Several of them shared their experience in an article in The New York Times titled, “ New Fame, Age-Old Exploitation.” She decided she’d start mentoring other young influencers who approached her with questions about brand deals or the fine print in their contracts.

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