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Mentoring in the Workplace

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Looking for a way to enhance your professional and personal skills in the workplace?  Finding a mentor is a great way to do just that!  Mentoring programs are becoming a standard in many organizations.  According to Chronus Corporation, over 71 % of Fortune 500 companies now offer mentoring or sponsorship programs.
A few benefits to having a mentor are learning:
  • valuable business and life skills
  • best practices for your industry
  • appropriate behaviors and protocols.
Having a mentor gives you the opportunity to discuss your ideas and opinions with an interested listener in a safe and confidential environment.  You can also benefit from hearing the lessons that your mentor has learned along the way – both their successes and failures.  Having a mentor sets a great training ground to enable you to develop good mentoring behaviors to become a good mentor for others in the future.
Here are a few tips on how to find a mentor:
  • Ask yourself what you want in a mentor. Is it an expert who can help with a specific business challenge?  Are you looking for someone inside your workplace who has the inside track to be an advocate for you?  Mentoring doesn’t have to be a “business” relationship, you can find mentors outside the workplace from organizations you belong to or neighbors and relatives as well.
  • Check with your employer’s human resources department to see if they have a mentoring program. Many big corporations offer sponsorship or mentoring programs.  You can also tap into industry associations.
  • College ties do bind. Find a mentor from your alma mater by utilizing Pioneer Connect and LinkedIn.
  • Try to find a mentor who will challenge your thinking and show you there might be a different way to approach a problem, or an additional potential, one you never knew existed.
  • Make it fun! When asking for a meeting with a potential mentor, avoid making it seem as though you will only add to their workload.
Mentorship is an exciting opportunity for both of you and often turns into a mutually beneficial relationship.
Collected From career.du.edu


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