Welcome to Mentorship Month

Here's everything you need to know about how group mentoring is different from other types of mentoring, the benefits of group mentoring, and how to start a group mentoring program.

How to retain top talent in your company? Here are the best strategies to engage with your employees, building a solid and long-lasting team.

There are competing studies on whether remote work is good for employee engagement. Some cite that more heads-down time leads to more productivity. Others cite that feelings of isolation and difficulty to unplug leads to burnout. So what leads to healthy employee engagement in remote work? In short, personal connections and a belief in the companies mission. This article will break down seven best practices to engage remote employees by connecting them with others in their organization.

What is the goal of an employee wellness program, and how can you create wellness program goals that align with business objectives? Find inspiration in these six examples, each following the SMART goal framework.

Employee wellness is a prerequisite for high levels of engagement and productivity as well as low levels of absenteeism and turnover. With that in mind, starting an employee wellness program is a great idea. But there are nuances you should be aware of before you get started. Here are 5 things to keep in mind when starting a wellbeing program in your workplace.

Investing in workplace wellbeing is investing in your most valuable asset: your people. Here are 10 ways to promote workplace wellbeing and build a culture of happy, healthy, and productive teams.

Hybrid and remote teams will transform how we manage our workplaces. Here are 5 tips and 9 tools to have top of mind when making the transition to either fully remote or hybrid.

Finding the right fit for the job takes some work. Follow these 9 steps and you'll be well prepared to set up your new hires for success.

Career pathing is critical to employee growth and development. Without it, they'll plateau in their current roles and begin looking for new opportunities elsewhere. Through mentoring, organizations can ensure their employees are continually learning and growing within the company. Do so will lead to a myriad of benefits including increased employee retention and engagement. This article will outline three reasons every company should invest in career pathing for their employees.

Unlock the power of reverse mentoring in your workplace. Bridge the generation gap, enhance diversity, and foster innovation. Learn how to start and run an effective reverse mentoring program today.

A squiggly career is a career that isn't defined by climbing the corporate ladder but is fluid and can take many different paths. Here's how to embrace the new and exciting career paths that will characterize the future of work.

Hybrid work will be the prevailing workplace model going forward in the post-pandemic world. However, there isn’t a standard operating procedure yet for companies to follow which makes trial and error inevitable. To make a successful back-to-work transition companies will need to know the pros and cons of hybrid work models.

Here are 10 compelling reasons to consider peer learning in your workplace and tips on how to fold it within your L&D strategy.

Successful L&D programs offer both mentorship and or sponsorship opportunities. Each of these programs gives junior employees the chance to network, upskill, and grow their careers, but only if you set them up for success.

Whether your mentoring relationship lasts a few months, a year, or longer, it is important to understand the different phases it will go through. These include purpose, engagement, growth, and completion.

A key issue for businesses is how to maintain or increase remote employee engagement. Here are 7 science-back strategies to increase remote employee engagement.

What are good questions to ask a mentor? Every mentor/mentee relationship is different so don’t take a cookie-cutter approach. Prepare questions that feel right for you and that you think will help build a successful mentoring relationship. But, to help get you started, we’ve put together a list of ideas and conversation topics. 

Here are the key things to keep in mind when trying to match up mentors and mentees in a workplace mentoring program.

Diverse workplaces are more productive, more successful, and have lower employee churn. This article discusses four ways you can improve diversity at your company. 

Promoting your workplace mentoring program can make or break its success. Focus on generating enthusiasm through all levels of the organization and the only problem you’ll have to worry about is how to handle the logistics of all your participants.

Discover 32 effective mentorship program ideas and events to boost engagement, productivity, and retention in your organization. Perfect for any mentoring program!

Mentors are supposed to help us grow. But there are always a few bad apples. Here's how to spot a toxic mentor that won't offer you what you're hoping for from a mentoring relationship.

Here's how mentorship can help your organization put your people first.

Depending on your program goal, there’s a mentoring model to suit it. Here are 7 different mentoring models and how you can use them in your workplace.

There's a strong business case for having a mentoring program. Here are seven reasons to have one and how to sell it to senior leaders.

Workplace diversity is critical to organizational success. But there are serious challenges to building diverse organizations. Here's how we can overcome them.

When starting a mentorship program in an organization it can be daunting to find everyone a mentor. Software can help.

Here's a quick start guide when beginning your mentoring program.

Flash mentoring offers several benefits that traditional mentoring doesn't. Here's what they are.

With an abundance of information it can be difficult for managers and L&D leaders to identify the key knowledge for employees to have. Flash mentoring is an effective way for organizations to capture and share critical knowledge of senior employees with new hires or future leaders.

Mentors come in all shapes and sizes. In all types of mentorship programs, defining the different types of mentors and how to match them with mentees is key to ensuring your mentors thrive.

Employee resource groups are volunteer-run groups focused on advocating for a specific part of the workplace like gender equity or work/life balance.

ERGs can be an advantage for both employees and employers when it comes to improving diversity in a workplace. Here are a dozen best practices we've observed helping ERG's grow.

Employee resource groups have been around for decades. Connecting employees with similar backgrounds and identities was, and is, a great way to build supporting communities at work. But there’s nuance to ERGs and their role is changing. This guide will give you the context and resources you need to understand employee resource groups.

Get tips and best practices for how to build an effective women's employee resource group (ERG) to support women in the workplace.

Here are 15 mentoring strategies that will transform employee engagement and productivity in your organization.

Here are over a dozen books and resources on mentoring that unpack the opportunities and practical advice for mentors, mentees, and leaders launching mentoring programs.

Here are nine famous mentors and mentees to inspire your own search for a mentor.

Here are several tips to keep in mind when trying to build a meaningful mentoring relationship.

If you can't measure it you can't improve it. Learn about mentoring program evaluation and using a mentoring tracking system to measure success and adjust your program accordingly.

Here's how to leverage your mentoring relationships to grow your network and your career.

Accountability is not simply trying to catch employees doing the wrong things. Rather, it is giving people a standard to aim for or a common expectation that is based on your organization’s mission and value statements. Mentorship is key to holding both leaders and employees accountable.

Virtual mentoring isn't second-best to in-person mentoring. It has distinct advantages. We break down how to leverage those benefits and mitigate the downsides. This guide has all the best practices for virtual mentorship.

Here are 34 activities to re-energize your remote team. We've divided them up by ice breakers for new hires or reoccurring meetings, activities to build meaningful connections, and virtual activities to get everyone laughing. We've also include paid services for larger virtual team events.

Mentoring and employee motivation are closely tied together. Here's why.

One of the biggest hurdles that organizations had when it came to having employees work from home was productivity levels. Yet, research has shown that remote employees can be more productive than workers who are in the office every day of the week. In addition, there are several ways and tools that can help organizations measure productivity in their remote workforce. 

Improve leadership development through mentoring. Here's how to get a leadership mentoring program started, and best practices to follow.

It's proven that diverse organizations are more successful. Here's why.

Onboarding new managers can make or break a team culture. Here are 9 best practices to get it right.

A successful onboarding experience will set new hires up for success. But more often than not, new employees feel left on their own to figure out how to do their job well. Rather than help new employees learn through a “trial by fire,” here’s how to design an onboarding experience that excites employees about this new opportunity.

Here are six tips for onboarding employees before and after they start.

High potential people are valuable to have at your workplace. They are not only high performing and can boost your productivity levels, but they also have the capability to be successful in supervising and managerial positions. 

Every organization wants high potential employees in their organizations. Here's how to give them the growth and development they need so they stick around.

Here are several tips on building a successful mentoring relationship.

Succession planning is a strategy for passing on leadership roles. As more Millennial and Gen-Z employees move up in their careers succession planning should be central to an organizations retention strategy.

Good leaders aren’t born, they’re created through new manager training programs that equip them with the right leadership skills. Here are 15 skills to include.

We've had the opportunity to see a lot of mentoring programs grow. Here are common pitfalls we've seen and how to avoid them.

A start employee's resignation can come as a surprise. Here's what to do when an employee leaves.

Every organization wants to attract employees who are most likely to become the company’s future leaders. Here's how to spot high-potential employees and keep them around for the long haul.

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.

Mentor matching is vital to mentorship program success. Learn how to create impactful matches manually or with tools like Together’s mentor match engine.

We outline the six steps to the succession planning process and the pitfalls to avoid.

If you're on the fence about joining a mentoring program or supporting one in your organization you need to read this.

Leadership changes happen. Here are key considerations and steps to create an executive and CEO succession plan to reduce risks during transitions.

5 tools organizations can leverage to make informed succession plans.

Streamline employee development with a mentor matching app. Use mentor mentee matching software for intelligent matching, easy management, and enhanced communication.

Giving your participants the right mentorship resources and mentoring tools helps build the foundation of a successful, scalable program. Read on to get started.

What separates successful professional mentoring programs from those that fizzle out? Here are 10+ real-world examples of mentoring programs in the workplace.

Remote and hybrid work are here to stay and an in-person and digital mentoring program should reflect that. Here are tips to combine e-mentoring into your program.

The valley knows how to develop its employees. Here's how they do it.

Setting mentorship program goals for mentors, mentees, and your organization is key to program success. Here are some examples of mentoring goals to get you started.

Here's your guide to being a great mentee and getting out of it what you need and want.

Most mentors have years of experience. While it can seem difficult to discover ways you can harness that wisdom, asking them direct and open-ended questions is the best way to learn.

Mentorship has been around for a long time. But times have changed and mentorship is adapting to respond.

The process of reskills can be full of opportunity but also with anxiety. Mentors are critical during these times.

Stress can be debilitating. It's helpful to have support and guidance during these times. Here's how mentoring can help.

Whether you're a mentor or mentee, you need SMART goals for your relationship.

Over half of those interviewed expressed concern over their transition to the “real world.” Moving from a college environment to a workplace can be a daunting experience. In a school atmosphere, most students have a clear outline in the syllabus about the expectations put on them. They also regularly get graded on their performance. However, in a work environment, the expectations are not so clear and there is no professor there to guide and grade them.

Looking into the psychology of mentorship can be beneficial before you start so that you have the correct mindset and expectations. This applies to both the mentor and mentee.

Mentors are often those who can speak wisdom into a person’s life. Through experience, they offer insights into situations that we may not have.

Learn about Together's suite of products that make launching and running mentorship programs a breeze.

Mentoring helps to guide people through the unknown whilst embarking on a new working relationship with somebody and trying to figure out a career path. Here's how to make your first meeting count.

Get the most out of your intern program by providing a best-practice mentoring program to ensure your new employees get the most out of their experience.

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.

Mentoring in the workplace is crucial for good employee development, but being a good mentor isn't always straightforward.

Large corporations and organizations can face unique challenges when it comes to developing and managing a workplace mentoring program. Here's how to do it well.

Here are 16 companies putting on world class mentoring programs.

The success of any mentoring program hinges on solid mentor mentee matching. Learn how to match mentors and mentees for truly impactful pairings.

We've seen a lot of great mentors through our experience helping many companies run mentorship programs. Here are some tips to be a great mentor.

Here's how to calculate the cost of employee turnover (and what you can do to increase retention at your organization.)

Are you tasked with starting a workplace mentoring program? Consider this your guide to launching a program that drives impact and will have employees banging on your (virtual) door to join.

We've helped a lot of organizations run mentorship programs. Through that experience we've picked up a few common mistakes that mentorship programs make.

Employee onboarding is a critical first step in building engaged and productive teams. But many onboarding programs fail to set new hires up for success because they only check administrative boxes. For that reason, a mentorship program designed for an onboarding experience can do a much more effective job getting employees productive and engaged quicker.

Here's are 10 signs that indicate a great mentee.

Learn about the difference between coaching and mentoring and how to choose what’s best for your organization.

When launching a workplace mentoring program, identifying mentorship goals, objectives, and key results is an essential first step.

We do our best work when we're energized and find fulfillment in it. Here are 13 tips and strategies to improve employee engagement so they can perform at their best.

Here are 15 mentoring techniques that help your mentors become more effective and encourage meaningful growth in their mentees.

It may not always be clear what is required from each individual, but there are some basic guidelines that can help move the mentoring relationship forward.

Learn what mentoring in the workplace looks like, why it matters, and how to start a mentorship program at your organization.