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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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Facebook Live Interview with Mentors & Masterminds, Tara Browne

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Mentors & Masterminds, a dating service for administrative professionals looking for their perfect mentor match! Tune in and hear Tara’s story on how this project was formed and where it’s going. The post Facebook Live Interview with Mentors & Masterminds, Tara Browne appeared first on Office Dynamics.

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There’s a Better Way to Ask for Mentorship and Free Career Advice. Here’s How It Benefits Both Parties

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“I used the top 15 questions executives ask me to form the backbone of my third book.” How to ask for mentorship: Make it reciprocal Often the rub with less experienced professionals asking for free career advice from those “above” them career-wise is that there’s really nothing “in it” for the mentor, other than goodwill and giving back.

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Does Returning to the Office Help Diversity?

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Research shows that one of the primary reasons minorities fail to advance stems from the lack of connections to senior staff in the form of informal mentoring and sponsorship. To address this program requires creating a formal hybrid and remote mentoring program , with a special focus on underprivileged staff. .

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Coaching Compass: The Benefits of Career Coaching

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If you have a business or big career ambitions, you’ll likely desire a coach or mentor at some point throughout the journey. You want someone who’s qualified, but you also need a coach who will be the right mentor for your individual needs. They show you the highest form of love, which is accountability ,” he says.

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

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Such training comes primarily in the form of senior staff responding immediately to questions and concerns raised by recent hires: showing them how to do the tasks associated with the role, guiding them into best practices and unwritten rules and norms, and introducing them to important internal and external stakeholders.

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How to be an Effective Mentor

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Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap How to be an Effective Mentor Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 2, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Mentoring can be one of the most effective means of teaching: inviting someone to learn from the example of another with more experience. Thanks for visiting!

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