CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Mentor

BE ONE

Ponder this: What are they really learning from you?

People with mentors are more likely to stay. And they won’t just stay longer, they’ll produce more.

Mentoring has become a way not only to transfer crucial skills and knowledge but to inspire loyalty in new employees, emerging leaders, and older workers who might otherwise leave sooner. It also broadens the opportunity net to include those who might have been overlooked. If you hope to build a more inclusive organization, consider mentoring as one powerful approach to doing that.

Companies are giving creative incentives to mentors, pairing mentors with new hires, and offering group mentoring and online mentoring to hasten the development of management and technical ...

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