Welcome to Mentorship Month

It's worse to do mentorship poorly than not at all. Mentors need certain skills to help their mentees grow. Here are the 10 non-negotiable mentoring skills you need

Looking to start a mentoring program but not sure where to start? Here’s how to create a mentoring plan that documents program goals and logistics.

Here are 5 KPIs to focus on when improving your team's productivity.

Get a quick overview of mentoring statistics to help you build an effective mentorship program.

We all have different styles of working. They fit into 4 categories. We explore each and how you can leverage them to build effective teams.

We've compiled a list of several discussion topics for mentors and mentees. No matter what kind of mentoring relationship you have these discussion topics will open up learning opportunities and meaningful connections.

Employee coaching guides team members on how to improve their performance through regular and systematic feedback, support, and development. Here's everything you need to know about introducing coaching programs and tips to get real results.

Peer coaching in the workplace comes with many advantages, both for employees and organizations. So what is peer coaching, and how can you facilitate peer coaching at worK?

Increasing workplace productivity is always in the back of a manager's mind. Here are 7 ways to make your team more efficient and measure it.

Discover the meaning of ‘employer branding’, its importance in the modern business landscape, and strategies for implementing it effectively.

It's well known that organizations that encourage knowledge sharing gain a competitive advantage over cultures that reinforce knowledge hoarding and secrecy. But continually promoting a knowledge-sharing culture can take time. Here are 6 ways to build a knowledge-sharing culture that leads to lasting benefits.

Here are over a dozen workplace inclusion activities. We've broken them up by activities you can do in one day and those that can span an entire quarter.

Professional mentors play a critical role in spuring our growth and development. Here's everything you need to know about what they are, their importance, and how to find a professional mentor.

It's not surprising that our social ties at work play a huge role in our productivity, feelings of belonging, and overall happiness. In this article, we look at what social ties are, the science behind them, and how they play such an important role in building a thriving organization.

How do you go about finding a mentor? And once you have one, how do you make the most of the relationship? In this article, we break down 10 ways to find a mentor and several considerations for how to choose one.

Mentor and mentee relationships need to have clear roles and expectations. Here are several expectations to agree upon in your mentoring relationship.

Is one of your company’s goals to boost retention? Here are 10 employee retention strategies to help you keep top talent.

Here are six examples of learning and development strategies to inspire your own.

What makes a good team culture? In this guide, understand the team culture definition and twelve examples to help you build a high-performing team culture.

Want to increase workplace DEI? Here are 6 diversity and inclusion strategy examples to help you create your own DEI strategy.

Achieving your diversity, equity, and inclusion goals takes time. Having the right best practices employed will keep you on the right track. Here are 5 best practices to keep in mind with every DEIB initiative.

Numerous studies show BIPOC employees—employees who aren't white—have far fewer opportunities for career advancement. They have fewer mentors and career sponsors to help them grow. This article will unpack 4 types of mentorship for employees from underrepresented backgrounds.

Learn how to set and achieve meaningful DEI goals with examples and best practices to create a diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace culture.

Employee development programs help you foster top talent so you can promote from within. Master these essential components of development programs for employees to increase retention, improve performance, and boost morale.

Onboarding sets the tone for the entire employee experience. Here are 7 effective onboarding strategies to welcome new hires and get them up to speed faster.

If you're ready to start a speed mentoring event in your workplace here's everything you need to know.

Mentorship is a meaningful way to encourage the advancement of women in the workplace. We spoke to several women and non-binary folks to understand how they feel about mentorship and its impact on their careers.

Remote training programs have to adapt if they want to deliver rich learning experiences. Here are the best practices.

Looking for a mentorship program template? We've got you covered with this 6 step mentor program outline. Read the blog or download our mentorship program template PDF.

Learning at work is critical to L&D initiatives. Gone are the days of pulling teams away from their work for days at a time. Now, learning needs to happen in the flow of work and be personalized to each of their career journeys. This article dives into 3 ways employees learn and two strategies you can implement to support workplace learning.

Remote work has made employee training hard. There's no doubt about it. Here are 4 steps to conducting effective virtual training.

The impact of the future of work is already ripping across every company. Of all the changes the one most pressing for HR and L&D teams is the impact on employee development. How can they build a robust and effective L&D plan? This article will outline the 9 steps to build a perfect L&D strategy for 2022.

Here are the top trending skills for employees in 2022.

Uncover 10 critical factors that drive employee retention and engagement and learn how Colleague Connect's innovative technology can enhance these areas.

Learning shouldn't stop for employees. That's why continuous learning is so popular within the workplace today. If employees are encouraged to continually grow and develop their skills the organizations they work for will be more agile and resilent. Here are 6 ways to promote continuous learning within your company.

Remote training is the new normal, but our strategies need an upgrade. Here are 3 ways to make remote training more collaborative and effective.

For employers, finding talent is harder than ever. To stand out, companies need more than generous employment packages. Mentorship is a way to stand out.

Learning in the workplace is critical to long-term organizational success. If you want your teams to be competitive in the future here are 5 ways to encourage more learning in the workplace. By following these tactics, you'll slowly build a learning culture over time.

Much of our L&D programs have an over-emphasis on coursework, quizzes, and training videos—independent activities. But what employees want is to learn socially through mentors. This article will outline how mentorship can close the knowledge and performance gaps in your L&D strategy

Do you have a plan for how to train employees? This article will walk you through the steps of building an employee training plan.

Mentorship programs are a viable way for companies to increase retention rates. We'll outline 3 ways to increase your own retention rates and provide several ideas to inspire your own mentorship program planning.

We spend a quarter of our lives (at least) working. We'd hope that the norm isn't to be burnout and stressed during all that time. Thankfully, using The Six Dimensions of Psychological Well-Being, created by psychologist Carol Ryff, leaders have a framework for supporting mental health in their workplaces. This article outlines the six dimensions and what it means for your workplace well-being.

Here are six examples of corporate learning strategies to inspire your own.

Learning and development focuses on building the skills of employees so they can be more effective within the organization. But what's the best way to go about this? Until now, L&D efforts mostly focused on enrolling employees in courses. Now, however, L&D efforts are leveraging mentorship as a way to aid existing L&D efforts. Here are three reasons why your L&D program should include pairing every employee with a mentor.

Building an employee development program? We’ve created a list of the best training and development programs to help you get started.

Employee recognition is crucial. One of the top reasons employees quit is because they don't feel appreciated by their managers or leaders. To avoid costly turnover and build happy, high-performing teams here are 12 ways to recognize your employees in 2022.

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.

With more organizations going remote or hybrid every day, corporate e-learning is here to stay. But an e-learning tool alone isn’t enough to prepare employees for the future of work. They also need mentorship programs and peer learning to succeed.

Together has raised $5 million USD led by Altair with participation from TRAC, Garage, Rebel, Funders Club to fix learning at work.

Too often, poor preparation for mentoring sessions leads to poor results. To have impactful and productive mentoring meetings, here are 5 tips.

Running a pilot mentorship program is a great way to get early feedback, work out any tweaks, and get comfortable doing it before rolling it out to your whole organization. Here are several helpful tips to run a successful pilot program.

Should you step back and let mentorship happen informally? Or should you establish a formal mentorship program for employees? Here's how to decide.

Knowledge transfer is how organizations get the critical skills, insights, and ways of doing things from employees who may be leaving the organization to those who are sticking around. In this article we break down what knowledge transfer is, why it's important, and how to work out a plan for it in your company.

The benefits of knowledge sharing supports high-performance teams. So how do you encourage knowledge sharing in your organization? Here’s all you need to know.

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.

There are many benefits associated with mentorship—for the mentee, mentor, and the company they work for. Here is a list of all of them for each.

Start your new hires off on the right foot to set them up for long term success. Learn how to launch your onboarding buddy program and reap the benefits.

Artificial intelligence will affect nearly every sector of the global workforce in the next 10 years. This guide to upskilling and reskilling will help your organization keep up with a changing job market.

Wondering what questions you should ask your mentee? This article outlines 27 of them, all of which will help you build a meaningful mentoring relationship that leads to 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.

What qualities should you cultivate as a mentor? In this article, we outline the 12 defining qualities that the best mentors all have in common.

Being a mentor for the first time can be daunting. Here are 15 tips to help you build a successful mentoring relationship.

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.

Learn what a peer mentor is and the differences between a peer mentor program vs traditional mentoring programs. Read on for tips, tools, and 12 activity ideas.

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.

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.

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.

High potential employee development programs are usually designed with two goals in mind: (1) prepare them for future leadership positions and (2) avoid their turnover. The best and brightest minds are always looking for opportunities to learn and grow. What better way to fulfill that need with mentoring programs? This is your guide on starting a high potential mentorship program.

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.

A strong new hire mentorship program boosts retention and engagement. Learn how to structure yours to help employees succeed from day one.

Developing a learning culture may be the best thing organizations can do to remain competitive amidst all the changes of the 21st century. To attract top talent and develop new and innovative products and services, leaders should be investing in employee learning and development. In doing so, they’ll cultivate a learning culture that pays dividends well into the future.

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 bring employees together for peer learning and career growth. Learn how they work, their benefits, and how to launch a program.

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.

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.

Being a mentor can be one of the most exciting decisions you make. You’ll be in a position to help someone else develop skills and habits and build a successful career. But it can feel intimidating to call yourself a mentor. In this article, we'll address why we can hesitate to take on the role of a mentor and how to know if you have what it takes.

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.

When you're starting a mentoring program, it can be hard to get busy execs on board. But it isn't impossible. This article outlines 6 ways you can not only convince executives to join your mentoring program but be excited about it.

Mentors can be critical to our career growth and advancement. But finding the right one can be hard. Here are 6 mistakes to avoid when looking for a career-changing mentor.

When deciding between looking internally or externally to fill leadership positions People Leaders should be aware of hidden talent already on the payroll. Identifying high-potential employees isn't the challenge so much as preparing them to take on leadership roles. Group Mentorship programs are an effective way to pave a career path for them to become future leaders. This article argues why Group Mentoring is key to developing future leaders.

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.

How easy is it to pair up employees with mentors using spreadsheets? It depends on the size of your program. As more mentors and mentees join the number of possible pairing combinations expands exponentially. How can program managers ensure meaningful matches at scale? Learn why Together's mentoring software makes it easy to build a high-impact mentoring program at scale.

One of the most common challenges we hear from our program administrators is that they can't get enough mentors to sign up. This article is your go-to guide for attracting mentors to your program.

Despite the effort to make sure employees can still work from home, there’s been a lack of support for helping employees learn from home as well. Continuous learning is an approach in the workplace that gets employees to participate in learning activities regularly rather than only at predetermined times like once a quarter. In this article, we outline why continuous learning is necessary for remote workplaces, examples, and how to build a culture of learning.

Starting a new job–especially if remotely– can be daunting, to say the least. And according to research, new hires aren't getting the support they need: only a third feel adequately prepared. What can people leaders and managers do about this? It's not revolutionary, but connect new hires with each other and give them meaningful support from leaders. We call this group mentorship and it's incredibly effective at taking your onboarding process to the next level. Your new hires will thank you.

Growth and learning are directly tied to an individual’s level of engagement. That’s why it’s so important that businesses invest in their employees' development. Here are 9 tools to support your team's growth and development.

Building a coaching culture helps your team embrace feedback and growth. Discover key benefits of creating a coaching culture in your organization.

knowledge sharing is how important know-how is shared across the organization. But knowledge sharing at scale is only effective when employees are empowered to share what they know. And leaders can empower employees in five ways. 

Organizations are spending billions on corporate training every year. But the majority of training is proven to not be worth the expense with most employees admitting they aren't applying what they learn. The better way to develop employees is with Group Learning, a division of the wider Social Learning method for employee development. This article will outline what Group Learning is, why it's effective for employee development, and how to introduce a Group Learning program into your organization.

Having a mentor is crucial to our career development. As an organization, mentorship is essential to employee development. But there are only so many senior leaders who can coach and guide more junior employees. For this reason, peer mentorship offers compelling advantages both for employees hungry to grow and companies looking for ways to upskill their employees.

From the author of Creating a Mentoring Culture, we draw from Lois J. Zachary's work and the expertise of the Together team to outline how you can build a mentoring culture in your organization.

Explore coaching leadership examples and learn how to help people managers at your company adopt this approach.

In 2020 the focus was on building resilient organizations. In 2021 and beyond, as organizations grapple with new workplace norms, promoting positive mental health and wellbeing at work is on the top of People Leader's agendas. Here are 8 ways HR teams and leaders can promote workplace wellbeing.

Talent development strategies are key to fueling a high-performance culture. Explore 8 ways to develop talent and help employees reach their full potential.

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.

Goal setting is the key that unlocks the door to professional success. When combined with feedback from leadership, long-term goals help keep employees stay motivated, achieve personal goals, and establish a fully realized career plan.

Supporting employee advocacy is arguably one of the best ways to build a positive workplace culture. Here are three ways leaders can support employee advocacy across their organization.

Unconscious bias in the workplace can lead to toxic cultures and discriminatory hiring and promotion practices. Here are six different types of unconscious biases with examples. We'll also outline how leaders can identify and mitigate these damaging biases.