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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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Unmasking the Corporate Return-to-Work Fallacy: A Genuine Approach to Junior Staff Development

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The Mentorship Disparity: Favoring Interpersonal Skills Over Technical Competence Forced office attendance can lead to a mentorship imbalance. Hence, the leadership, senior staff, and junior employees all achieve their respective goals — a win-win-win situation. This was the case at a large professional services firm.

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Attention, Leaders: It’s Time to Rethink Employee Development

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And through development vehicles, they can elevate those skills so they work well alone and with others. Take measures to learn about upcoming industry trends, read about learning and management strategies as put forth by thought leaders, join a mastermind community of peers in similar leadership positions and cultivate mentor relationships.

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Meeting Your True Potential: What Is Personal Development?

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Personal development refers to the lifelong process of increasing self-awareness, acquiring new skills and actively pursuing continual improvement. It differs from personal growth in that growth is the goal and personal development is the process to reach that goal. Part of the journey includes taking proper care of our bodies.

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How To Future-Proof Your Business In The Age Of AI

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Companies that fail to develop a culture of lifelong learning and development (L&D) could experience challenges such as a skills mismatch — resulting in a workforce that is ill-equipped to deal with a rapidly changing business landscape. These qualities are valued by many of today’s most forward-thinking companies.

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The Ultimate Layoff Survival Guide: How To Rebound From A Job Loss

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Compare the jobs you want to the skills you have and see if there are any gaps List your current skills: Begin by making a list of all your current skills, including both hard skills (technical or job-specific skills) and soft skills (interpersonal or transferable skills).

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Does Returning to the Office Help Diversity?

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In 2019, before the pandemic, Meta committed to a five-year goal of doubling the number of Black and Hispanic workers in the U.S., However, thanks to remote work, Meta’s 2022 Diversity Report shows that it attained and even outperformed its 2019 five-year goals for diversity — two years ahead of its original plans.

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