The role of the mentor is many-facetted and may vary in its focus depending on the type of mentoring programme and the individual mentor/mentee relationship. Mentoring is situational just like situational leadership, and the mentors adjust their behaviour to the mentee's situation, tasks, career ambitions and readiness for the learning. Generally, the mentor's role is about supporting the mentee's … [Read more...] about Why coach is one of the 10 mentor roles

The purpose of a mentoring programme varies a lot, however one of the most common purposes of mentoring programmes is leadership development. When well designed and implemented, mentoring is a strategic tool that provides developmental support, accelerates leadership development, and fills the talent pipeline for succession purpose. Talent development is essential if organisations want to have the … [Read more...] about Use mentoring to promote a culture of talent development in your organisation

A report from Nordic Learning Trends shows that one of the biggest challenges at the moment is change management due to business disruption (Nordic Learning Trends 2021/2022). A significant element of this change is creating a hybrid workplace which has been on the corporate agenda since March 2020 where Covid-19 forced most organisations to implement remote work. What is a hybrid … [Read more...] about Why mentoring is important in a hybrid workplace

Mentoring has become very popular in organizational life. Formal mentoring programmes are established where leaders and employees with long history in the company will mentor newly hired leaders/employees, high potentials, and talents of many kinds. Top executive may have had the opportunity to be mentored during their careers, but after their arrival at the top leadership level, they will find … [Read more...] about Why it can be lonely at the top without a mentor