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Want to Become a Mentor? Follow These 5 Steps

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Most likely, these individuals consist of family members, teachers, a work supervisor and friends who served as mentors. A mentor is someone who offers support , gives advice and helps guide others through a personal or professional journey. Eventually, you may become one yourself and carry on the meaningful legacy of mentoring.

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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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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Female entrepreneurs , CEOs and community leaders who mentor and support young women provide invaluable guidance, helping them overcome challenges and achieve their ambitions. Through her work, Arrington is breaking cycles of incarceration and creating pathways to college education and careers for historically underserved communities.

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A Look at How Brad D. Smith Motivated and Inspired Intuit Employees

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Smith’s lasting legacy Smith said his desire to learn as much as possible through his listening tour was influenced by his education at Marshall University in West Virginia. Later, Smith was able to give back to his alma mater, first as a mentor and now as university president. Mentoring served him as well.

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How Can Office Design Support Multigenerational Collaboration?

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So, we invited an enthusiastic, circa-2019-graduate interior designer and Gen Z colleague to join the conversation. I knew exactly what to expect out of my work week and I knew my colleagues and mentors would be there to help me through the day. I had a strong sense of routine. Peripheral learning was invaluable.

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Women in leadership: improving the gender balance

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RELATED: What businesses are doing to address the gender pay gap Mentoring Mentoring is an important development tool for anyone, and more female-to-female mentoring can make a real difference for those on the leadership pathway. Mentoring can encourage and give confidence but in many cases, the glass ceiling still exists.

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Ep 142: Planning Events in a Post-Covid World with Lacretia Adamski and Meagan Strout

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Lacretia Caldwell Adamski has 15 years of experience in executive support across multiple industries including SaaS, health administration, higher education, and government. Lacretia also serves as a mentor/coach and has been a guest panelist for several webinars dedicated to advancing administrative professionals. webinars-on-demand/.