Generation Z is the most diverse generation our country has ever seen. One in four is Latino. Roughly half is a racial or ethnic minority, compared to 38% of Millennials of the same age bracket. ...
Employees consistently place a high value on mentoring, yet many companies find it difficult to obtain initial participants. Why aren’t employees lining up in droves to participate in the corporate mentoring programs they say they want — programs proven to enhance their careers? According to the Harvard...
I cannot tell you how many times I have been mixing drinks at work and a customer has leaned over the bar and inquired, “did you go to bartending school? Where did you learn to do that?” I can never keep myself from smiling at this....
January is National Mentoring Month, and community centers, nonprofits, and schools across the country are using the occasion to report on the state of mentorship in education, launch new programs, and advocate for increased mentoring involvement. While the internet abounds with information on mentorships for...
Women make up only 6.4 percent of CEOs and 25 percent of C-suites, yet they’re nearly 50 percent of the labor force. Why the disconnect? If there are almost as many women as men in the workforce why aren’t there more female leaders? Nancy Wolk, founder...
Happy New Year! We are out-partied, over-socialized, and have been swinging a little too far to the left of moderation. We’re feeling refreshed and ready to buckle down on work, right? RIGHT? Even if you’re just exhausted, we’ve got your mentoring program resolutions ready to...
Can millennials, Gen Xers, and baby boomers function as a team in the modern workforce? That’s one of today’s most pressing questions for organizations that want to harness the benefits of multigenerational collaboration. In recent years, the millennial generation eclipsed the baby boomers as the...
If you’re running a mentorship program, you’re going to have to deal with constant transitions. Coworkers will leave for new jobs, short-term mentorships will end, and participants may feel at a loss as to how to move forward. Call us dramatic if you want, but...
If you’ve set up a mentoring program, it’s likely that you can tackle the agenda for the first meeting. But what do you do after that? Not a clue? Unless your company has a spectacular partnership with a solution-based group like eMentorConnect®, you may be...
When you’ve been in the game for a long time, it’s easy to forget how it felt when you were first getting started. While we always encourage mentors to ask mentees what they’re hoping to improve upon or learn, a heads up never hurts. Whether...