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6 Secrets to a Successful Mentoring Program

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Mentoring, at it’s best, is a magical elixir which shaves years off your learning curve through mistakes unmade. Thank God, I’ve experienced the transformational spirit of amazing mentors. Please God, let my mentoring have made a difference for others. Great mentors are rarely monogamous. This is our future.

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Your Mentor May Not Be Helping Your Career

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Mentors are an essential component of any development strategy. In “Won’t You Be My Mentor,” we discussed how to find a mentor. In “Don’t Get a Mentor,” we explored the importance of developing a cadre of mentors. And, in “Nemesis Mentors, I challenged you to find a mentor who makes you crazy.

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Leaders Coaching Leaders: One Secret to Sustainable Leadership Development

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As organizations flatten and people continue to work remotely, it will take more than an executive sponsor to ensure your leadership development sticks. If your Sales SVP thinks your leadership development program is a distraction, your sales managers will show up late and multi-task. The Power of Leaders as Coaches. Wait, What?

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Employee Development Activity: Focus Your Team in the New Year

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Focus your team with this fast and remarkably effective employee development activity You know exactly WHAT your team needs to have a remarkable new year, now it’s time to focus on HOW. This exercise works great in one-on-one coaching, mentoring, or career development conversations. Contact us here to learn more.

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Career Development: Develop Employees With Limited Time (Video)

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Support Your Team with Career Development Even When You’re Busy. You want to help your team with career development, but time is limited. Today, on Asking For a Friend , I talk with Julie Winkle Giulioni , author of Help them Grow or Watch Them Go about how managers can support development when there is pitifully little time.

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5 Big Mistakes Managers Make When Developing Their People

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The biggest mistake managers make when developing their people is that they don’t spend enough time doing it. Even imperfect development beats what many employees telling me they’re getting–nada. Good managers spend at least 10-20% of their time developing their people. Let’s be real. Get to know them.

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Development Deluge: Are You Working Too Hard?

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I went out and got 5 mentors, all of whom are giving me feedback. The post Development Deluge: Are You Working Too Hard? . “I’ve been reading your blog and all the books you talked about. I’ve been trying out new behaviors and asking for feedback on how I am doing. I’ve been thinking [.]