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Millennials want opportunities to grow and connect with leadership. Mentorship provides these opportunities—but not in the way you might expect. This article will give tips for mentors of Millennials and steps organizations can follow to start a mentoring program for their millennial employees.

Reverse mentorship became popular in the 1990s as a way to keep executives informed on technology changes and the internet. Now, however, reverse mentoring is taking on a new purpose: to support diversity and inclusion initiatives. This article will give you a toolkit for introducing reverse mentoring programs into your company's D&I strategy.

Gen Z is the most recent generation entering the workplace. They bring with them different priorities, expectations, and goals than previous generations like Millennials and Gen Xers. Here's your guide as an employee to Gen Z in the workplace.

Reverse mentorship became popular in the 1990s as a way to keep executives informed on technology changes and the internet. Now, however, reverse mentoring is taking on a new purpose: to support diversity and inclusion initiatives. This article will give you a toolkit for introducing reverse mentoring programs into your company's D&I strategy.

Remote workplaces are becoming more of the norm than the exception to the rule. While there are advantages to this style of working, there are distinct disadvantages around employee development. Remote mentoring programs are becoming a viable way to keep teams connected and growing. Here's how to start one in your organization.

Employees from diverse backgrounds stand to gain a lot from mentorship. And research shows that when workplaces offer formal mentoring programs, 3/4's of diverse or minority employees opt-in. Organizations should take note. Achieving diversity doesn't start and stop at equal numbers. To meaningfully support diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in the workplace, organizations should start formal mentoring programs. This guide will show you how.

Training for diversity and inclusion is becoming more and more common in the workplace. But having a DEI strategy isn't enough and sometimes it can do more harm than good. In this article, we break down how to do diversity and inclusion training right with several examples.

Building an inclusive community is just as important in a remote work environment as it is in a physical one—if not more. Here are 5 best practices to make your remote team more inclusive.

Mentoring Circles are a great way to encourage knowledge sharing and community building with your mentorship program. We explore the ins and outs of Mentorship Circles in this article and how you can introduce one into your organization.

It's no surprise that great leaders and thriving organizations care about empathetic communication among their teams. But research shows that empathetic communication skills are in short supply. In this article, we outline six ways leaders and workplaces can practice empathetic communication in the workplace.

There's a mountain of research showing that diverse and inclusive organizations perform better. So how can we encourage more inclusive behaviors at work? In this article we break down 10 ways organizations can encourage inclusive behaviors among their employees.

Corporate e-Learning is here to stay. As more organizations go remote more and more employee training will also be done online. But for learning to be effective and lead to meaningful improvements they need to have a social component. For that reason, e-Learning tools and software are not a silver bullet for preparing employees for the future of work. Instead, they need mentorship and peer learning. We'll argue why in this article.

Strategic workforce planning involves having the right people with the right skills at the right time. In this article, we explain the 6 stages of workforce planning and how to anticipate future workforce needs to prepare action plans that align with business strategy.

Where do your team members go when they need to learn something? HR would like to say they go to their learning management system and take a course. But most of the time, employees go to each other to solve problems and learn. This is the essence of peer-to-peer learning. To scale peer learning across your organization, here's your guide to starting a peer-to-peer learning program.

The employee life cycle is six stages that span the period from when an employee applies to when they eventually move on from the company. It's an expansive model for HR professionals to outline and optimize the employee experience. If used correctly, the employee life cycle can lead to greater retention, engagement, and development of individuals. This article will break down each stage and explain how you can apply it in your company.

Millennials want opportunities to grow and connect with leadership. Mentorship provides these opportunities—but not in the way you might expect. This article will give tips for mentors of Millennials and steps organizations can follow to start a mentoring program for their millennial employees.

As a mentor what questions should you ask your mentee? Here are 27 thought-provoking questions to build a meaningful mentoring relationship that leads to growth. Let's break the ice and go deep to unlock growth.

The shelf-life of existing skills your employees have is getting shorter each year. What can you do? Replace your workforce by hiring people with the skills you need on your team? That'd take a ton of time and resources. Perhaps a better way—that's better for your culture and bottom line—is to train and develop employees internally. This article covers the benefits and potential challenges of internally training your employees. We also provide tips on how to introduce an in-house development program.

We've been working hard on the biggest change to the platform ever. A new type of program format has arrived, and we call it Evergreen.

We've been working hard on the biggest change to the platform ever. A new type of program format has arrived, and we call it Evergreen.

At Together, we help all types of companies run world-class mentoring programs. One of the most common challenges we hear from our program administrators is that they can't get enough mentors to sign up. It can be challenging to get busy executives on board to invest time in helping more junior employees grow. But it isn't impossible. This article is your go-to guide for attracting mentors to your program.

If you're starting a peer mentoring program here are 12 ideas for activities you can do while meeting together.

Mentorship for new employees is essential. Up to a third of their salary can be spent attracting and recruiting them. Make sure that when they do join your team they're set up for success. In this article, we break down how to start a mentorship program for new hires.

Despite the war for talent, studies show that organizations are having a hard time hiring the skills they need. An alternative to constant recruiting is building the necessary skills in your existing employees. Building an employee development program that includes mentorship, peer accountability, and exposing employees to different roles may be an effective way for companies to remain competitive.

Exceptional employees are usually promoted to a role they have little to no training in: a manager. As new managers, these employees are left on their own to learn as they go. But for organizations that want to set up their new leaders for success, they should be looking for ways to mentor them. Mentorship is a fantastic way to help new managers grow into their roles as leaders.

Mentoring Circles are a great way to encourage knowledge sharing and community building with your mentorship program. We explore the ins and outs of Mentorship Circles in this article and how you can introduce one into your organization.

The impact of having executives in your organization mentor more junior employees can be incredible. Morale jumps, employee engagement skyrockets, and employees begin to grow. However, when you're starting a mentoring program it can be hard to get these busy execs on board. But it isn't impossible. This article outlines six ways you can not only convince executives to join your mentoring program but be excited about it.

When you're starting a workplace mentoring program you may not consider running group mentoring instead of traditional 1-on-1 mentoring. Depending on the outcomes you're hoping to achieve with your program one might be better suited than the other. In this article we outline the differences between group and 1-on-1 mentorship and explain which to use depending on your goals.

Getting managers up to speed quickly is a difficult task. And there's only so much you can learn from leadership books. What new managers need is to learn from each other and from those with more experience. At every organization what they need are Learning Circles. In this article, we break down what Learning Circles are and why they are the best way to get new managers up to speed quickly.