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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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Soft Skills Training: 8 Soft Skills Courses to Elevate Your Career

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Improving your soft skills through training courses can make you a more effective employee and a better leader. Keep reading to see our top eight recommendations for training courses to help you improve your soft skills. Keep reading to see our top eight recommendations for training courses to help you improve your soft skills.

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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. By applying different employee development strategies than you’ve designed and deployed in the past, you’ll wind up with a more cohesive, loyal workforce that’s ready for anything.

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

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Focus groups indicated that only those junior staff with pronounced social skills and initiative were mentored in the “forced return” scenario, leaving those lacking these skills — and arguably in most need of mentorship — neglected.

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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

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The process for ordering office supplies and setting up the conference room for meetings was different. This method serves a dual purpose: it ensures that your procedures are up-to-date and allows the new employee to reinforce their learning through the act of documentation.

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7 Goals to Invigorate Your Career in the New Year

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As the days fly by toward a new year, now is the perfect time to start setting your goals for next year. While that sounds good in theory, it can be a bit more challenging in practice when it comes to putting your goals in print. What are some goals to consider for the upcoming year? Attend a training event or workshop.

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Is Marc Benioff of Salesforce Right That You Can’t Integrate Junior Staff Remotely?

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A key component of a hybrid development and integration program involves on-the-job training, which can easily be done in a small-group style on selected in-office days, with one senior staff member helping train six to eight junior employees. Again, this helps the whole group learn how to do this task.

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