Category Archives: Think Development
Mentoring others is a great way to give something back to the organisation, to help others develop their career, and to learn things ourselves by gaining different views and perspectives to those we might usually be exposed to. The contracting framework below will help you establish and conduct the mentoring relationship in a healthy, mutually respectful way. (read more)
An ideal way to develop talented team members is to invite them to accompany you to meetings you generally attend. This can be for educational purposes or to raise their profile. So, what should you do to ensure this is a positive experience for them? (read more)
If you are keen to develop talent in your team and your organisation, then thinking about how you will develop people is a priority. How can you create a fertile learning environment in your team? (read more)
On one level, mentoring is instinctive. You can learn tools and techniques to become a better mentor, and there is definitely a blend of skills that makes mentoring easier to do and which will help you to run the session. But what you might not be prepared for (read more)
Agreeing to become a mentor is the easy part. Believe it or not, when HR professionals try to get mentoring programmes off the ground, one of the most vexing problems is the “matching” process. (read more)