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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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The Gender Pay Gap: 3 Steps to Work Toward Workplace Parity

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This narrative has been a constant hum over the course of my career, which is odd considering nearly every raise and promotion I’ve ever received has come as a result of my own asking. What’s worse, the existing pay gap increases over the course of women’s careers. Women make 84% of what their male counterparts are making on average.

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How to Encourage Employee Autonomy—and Why That Should Matter to You as a Leader

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Trust requires you to provide feedback rather than directives and allow workers to act on your company’s behalf (within well-defined boundaries, of course). At any time, they can ask for clarification on expectations or goals. Are workers being proactive about finding innovative solutions or setting (and meeting) ambitious goals?

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Want To Stop Employees From Walking Out The Door? Build Them A Career Ladder

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Von Armansperg told us that in Leapsome’s State of People Enablement survey, more than 50% of the people who responded wanted a workplace that encouraged feedback, goal setting and learning. Gialleli’s idea for implementing a mentor/mentee program is a good and creative example for one such method. “The

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Members of Your Team Might Be Experiencing Middle Management Syndrome—Here’s How to Fix That

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A study by The Conference Board reported that only 19% of middle managers surveyed felt they received proper training in leadership and management after being promoted. In another survey , only 35% of managers are engaged, 51% are not engaged (defined as caring little about their job and company) and 14% are actively disengaged.

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

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Of course, these might not even include the wide variety of apprenticeships going on in less official capacities, as the term can mean everything from unofficial mentorship, to a full-blown, multi-year position with pay while someone trains in a field. Of the 68 employers surveyed, 68% achieved a positive net return over five years.

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How to Improve the Employee Onboarding Process

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Of course, being new in a role, you’re not going to know what to do in numerous respects. When surveyed, Gen Z workers are most likely to apply to a job that is hybrid, as opposed to an exclusively remote job, or an exclusively in-person position. . During these check-ups, you can also lay out goals for the new worker to meet.

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