Why your company needs a mentor movement

A mentor culture goes beyond traditional one-on-one relationships to create a vibrant learning community within your organization. Mentor circles and peer mentoring are one way to ensure that mentorship is offered to many employees. Eventually shouldn’t everyone in your organization be mentored? What you need is a mentor movement. 

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Advocating for diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces

Regardless of someone's race, gender, sexual orientation, religion or abilities, everyone deserves to be treated with respect and receive the same treatment, access to resources and a chance to excel. As leaders, we set the tone for creating a welcoming environment where people can be their authentic selves and feel a sense of belonging.

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Revisiting reverse mentorship

As you work on making positive changes this year, consider carrying forward the spirit of innovation, collaboration, and the shared wisdom of reverse mentoring. It's not simply about passing on knowledge, it's about building bridges, shaping the future of work, and creating a workplace culture where everyone learns and grows together. Let the magic of reverse mentoring today help shape your workplace in the future.

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Mentoring – it's a gift that keeps on giving

Everyone deserves to have a mentor (or even better, many mentors) throughout their lifetime and career. Ideal mentor-mentee relationships are built on trust and respect. If your business or organization doesn't have a robust online program, team up with some like-minded colleagues, do your research and start on that business case proposal. You have nothing to lose and so much to gain.

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Experiencing positivity in the workplace

Setting the right conditions for a positive work environment and ensuring that everyone understands the important role they play in achieving success can be a game changer. People want their personal values to be in harmony with the cultural environment. They want to be happy, inspired and fulfilled at all stages of their career. 

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Decoding the differences between mentoring, coaching, and sponsorship

The coaching and mentoring space is booming. Sponsorship discussions are also becoming a hot topic related to equity and diversity initiatives.

While all three of these relationships are valuable forms of professional development and support, they may serve different purposes and involve distinct roles and dynamics.

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Effectively communicating in the workplace

There are many techniques that leaders can use to enhance communication and make better connections with their employees, business partners, customers and the public. Internal communication is a key driver of employee engagement and a factor to determine whether employees stay committed, connected, satisfied and inspired in their job.

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Guest Blog: 5 Communication Mistakes Leaders Make by Elizabeth Williams

Margaret knew it was going to be a bad day when she arrived at work to find half her team out for a smoke in the parking lot at 9:15 (including a number of non-smokers) and the other half sending worried notes, hoping to book a Teams meeting.

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