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. ...
A key benefit for new hires is a workplace mentor. I recently started a new job, and it’s my dream job. When discussing my killer new role with a couple friends over a celebratory happy hour, one asked if I had a mentor at my new...
A couple of days ago, I sat alongside my colleagues during a routine training program. We had hours of workshops that day: team building, group exercises, the company overview...
Even the perfect workshop is still just a one-time event. Improved knowledge retention is just a mentor away. Let’s face it: training and development departments have a lot of responsibilities. And some days those responsibilities feel like a balancing act. How can we make sure that employees...
Walking sixteen dogs can help make your case. We’re deep into the third quarter and if you listen very closely, you can hear a peculiar sound. No, not the scurrying feet of secret office betting pools! It’s the quiet sound of executives collecting data as they...
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...
It's 2018, time to get back to work with a mentoring program 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...
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...