Are you interested in a serious recommendation about how you can jump start your career and your professional development in the New Year? Find a mentor.
A mentoring relationship is a win-win for all parties: the employee who seeks a mentor, the mentor, and organizations that employ the mentoring pair. Need convincing? Here's why mentoring makes business sense. Seeking a mentor? Here's how to find mentoring, benefit from mentoring, and succeed with mentoring.
I interviewed Beth Carvin (pictured), CEO of Nobscot Corporation, a global technology firm that focuses on key areas of employee retention and development, to discover the advantages and opportunities that happen as a result of mentoring: Tap Into the Power of Mentoring.
Beth has been involved in mentoring since 2003 and her thoughts and insights about mentoring are worth your time. Note that, especially for people who do not have a formal mentoring program in your company, Beth recommends five steps in the above article to obtain a mentoring relationship.
Have you had a mentoring relationship in the course of your career? I've had several and they each were significant to me in different ways. From walking a press metal plant with the skilled trades training scheduler, to observing executive meetings with an HR Director early in my business career, I feel blessed because of these mentoring contributions to my success.
Have you had a mentoring relationship - as a mentor or mentee? Please share your personal experience with a mentoring relationship. Successful? Unsuccessful? Your insights are welcome and will benefit all.
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