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What Are Employees Actually Seeking When They Ask For Mentoring?

What Are Employees Actually Seeking When They Ask For Mentoring?

Mar 2, 2026 | Coaching, Diversity and Inclusion, Engagement, Mentoring, Retention

When employees ask for mentoring, what are they really asking for? It’s a question many Talent Development and People & Culture leaders are grappling with. In our recent webinar, Impactful Workplace Conversations: Unlocking Culture and Connection, we explored what...
Leading Through the Hard Conversations

Leading Through the Hard Conversations

May 2, 2025 | Engagement, Mentee Guidance, Mentor Guidance, Mentoring

One of the least glamorous, but most essential skills in leadership is knowing how to have a difficult conversation. Whether it’s challenging a board decision, confronting underperformance, or pushing back on a superior’s judgment, hard conversations are part and...
Addressing the Authenticity Paradox in Mentoring

Addressing the Authenticity Paradox in Mentoring

Feb 25, 2025 | Mentee Guidance, Mentor Guidance, Mentoring, Resources

There’s a common trap in mentoring relationships that’s easy to miss. It occurs when both parties try and shape the mentee into a “carbon copy” of their mentor. This creates an “authenticity paradox” in which the very relationship meant to help a person,...

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