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

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Employee development programs are a great way to show your employees you care about their future by investing in their education and training. When organizations fold their purpose into their development strategies, they highlight the importance of that purpose. The best way to transfer your knowledge is to mentor your team.

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

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In this gray area, they often don’t get enough training or the acknowledgment or credit they deserve and are often overlooked because the focus is on the levels both above and below them. Instead] it’s because they’re high performing skilled employees, committed to the organization.”

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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

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Consider recording your training sessions, whether they’re in person or via platforms like Teams or Zoom. Incorporating Procedures Into the Onboarding Process Incorporating procedures into your training and onboarding process not only streamlines the integration of new hires but also enriches your entire company’s knowledge base.

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Advancing Women in Tech: Executive Nancy Wang’s Forward-Thinking Nonprofit

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A University of Pennsylvania-trained engineer, Wang has had a meteoric career trajectory that has taken her to positions with the U.S. She also founded, in 2016, a nonprofit membership organization , Advancing Women in Tech, which “accelerates careers and addresses diversity gaps in leadership.” So you treat them the same.

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