Programme Design & Tips

Creating an effective mentoring programme requires thoughtful planning and execution. This section is dedicated to the design and delivery of successful mentoring initiatives. Articles cover a range of topics, from setting objectives and matching mentors with mentees to evaluating outcomes and refining strategies.

Whether you're starting from scratch or looking to improve an existing programme, these tips and insights can help you build a robust framework for mentoring success.

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7 Highly Useful Mentoring Techniques

7 Highly Useful Mentoring Techniques

When assessing effective mentoring techniques and strategies, it is important to first fully understand the role of a mentor. Mentors are individuals who provides guidance, support and motivation to a mentee in order to enhance their career or business success.

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Why mentoring is a valuable L&D tool

Why mentoring is a valuable L&D tool

Learning at Work Week is a unique annual event open to everyone. It aims to build learning cultures at work, placing a spotlight on the importance and benefits of continual learning and development.

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Why do mentoring programs fail?

Why do mentoring programs fail?

Studies have indicated that workers are more likely to thrive in their professional environment when they have a mentor. Why then do these mentoring initiatives frequently fall short?

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Knowledge transfer mentoring

Knowledge transfer mentoring

When most individuals consider mentoring, they often associate it with career guidance and advice. Traditional mentoring setups commonly match younger staff members with their more seasoned counterparts.

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Enabling effective knowledge transfer

Enabling effective knowledge transfer

Within any organisation effective staff management is not an easy task. The difficulty can be compounded when trying to manage different generations at the same time.

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Mentoring High Potential Employees for succession planning

Mentoring High Potential Employees for succession planning

It is a sad fact that retirement often means that for many organisations and professions a wealth of knowledge and experience walks out of the door along with the retiree.

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Using mentoring as a key to diversity and inclusion in the workplace

Using mentoring as a key to diversity and inclusion in the workplace

Have you ever wondered why, no matter what training or policies you put in place, the diversity of your workforce has failed to improve? Perhaps you're already considering using mentoring to help create diversity and inclusion within your organisation. Well, you're not alone...

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Employee career mentoring to kickstart careers

Employee career mentoring to kickstart careers

Having a mentor is one of the most important things a person can do to enhance their career and professional life, so it's no surprise that at least 75% of executives have said that mentoring has been vital in their career development.

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Women in mentoring & Business Mentoring

Women in mentoring & Business Mentoring

It is clear that mentoring has benefits for both men and women in the workplace. Why then aren't more women involved in mentoring roles, either as mentors or mentees, especially when there are clear advantages to it?

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Successful virtual meetings

Successful virtual meetings

Virtual meetings have been becoming more and more popular for a while now, but have seen a rapid increase in popularity in response to COVID 19. Out of this necessity it has become clear how productive and effective virtual meetings can be.

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Could mentoring help reduce workplace stress?

Could mentoring help reduce workplace stress?

An article in the Harvard Business suggests that the positive benefits of mentoring could help reduce stress and increase satisfaction. Decades of research has demonstrated how junior employees...

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Transfer the skills and knowledge critical to your business with a mentoring program

Transfer the skills and knowledge critical to your business with a mentoring program

Attracting, developing and retaining great employees is a necessary but expensive process. But what would happen if those employees decide it's time for them to move on either to retirement or a new role?

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Coaching and mentoring to improve well being

Coaching and mentoring to improve well being

Traditionally coaching and mentoring have sometimes been viewed as tools that are used to help with career advancement, but that isn't their only use. They can be used very effectively to support users in many other aspects of working life, including supporting well-being and mental health.

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Mentoring program - Seven mistakes to avoid

Mentoring program - Seven mistakes to avoid

Being in the company of a role model, a wiser head who can guide you through a period of transition, can be very powerful. That is the power of a mentor...

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Bridge the gap between education and employment - Student mentoring program

Bridge the gap between education and employment - Student mentoring program

The education system is not adequately preparing young people for the workplace so there is a large gap between their experiences and the reality...

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How our mentoring platform can provide valuable support

How our mentoring platform can provide valuable support

Over the next few weeks and months it will become more important than ever for us to work together to provide strong support for each other and to ensure that whilst having to socially isolate we don't become isolated.

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Employee mentoring to support and engage talent

Employee mentoring to support and engage talent

Numerous studies have shown that people who are mentored move more quickly through the ranks of their organisation, are more satisfied and are generally more successful in their careers, than those who do not have a mentor.

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Why your organisation can benefit from cross-generational mentoring

Why your organisation can benefit from cross-generational mentoring

For employers and organisations with multi-generational workforces now is the time to consider how to build engagement, understanding and productivity across the generations.

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A mentoring program can benefit your business

A mentoring program can benefit your business

The effectiveness of a company depends on the productivity of its employees. With four generations currently in the workforce, bridging the generation gap...

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Why mentoring new talent in business is so important

Why mentoring new talent in business is so important

Generation Z are the 16-24 year olds who are now entering the workforce – and they are not happy. Results from the surveys on workplace happiness platform, Engaging Works, have shown...

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